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. STATISTICS 


OF 

LEWISTON  AND  AUBURN 


JANUARY,  1872. 


ith  a Coiiipciuliiiiii  of  liifornialion  respect- 
iiig  the  Two  Cities. 


COMPILED  FROM  AUTHENTIC  SOURCES. 


N.  DINGLEY,  JR.,  & CO.,  Publishers, 
Lewiston  Journal  Office,  Lisbon  Street,  Lewiston,  Maine. 
1872. 


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HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  LEWISTON. 


The  territoiy  now  embraced  in  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
city  of  Lewiston,  was  a part  of  what  was  known  as  the  Pe- 
jepscot  claim,  held  by  virtue  of  an  Indian  deed,  called  the 
Worumho  deed. 

In  the  early  part  of  1770,  Paul. Hildreth,  originally  from  Dmcut 
y Massachusetts,  came  with  his  family  from  New  Gloucester,  and  built 
- - a cabin  on  the  east  bank  of  the  river,  a little  below  where  the  old  two- 
story  Read  house  now  stands,  and  nearly  opposite  the  mouth  of  the 
Little  Androscoggin  River.  Hildreth  was  the  first  white  settler  in 
. what  IS  n#w  called  Lewiston.  In  the  fall  of  the  same  year  (1770^ 

' Lawrence  Jackson  Harris  came  from  Dracut,  Mass.,  and  put  up  the’ 
frame  of  a saw  mill  for  Messrs.  Little  & Bagley,  the  land  proprietors 
under  the  Pejepscot  purchase.  The  mill  was  built  on  the  lower  part 
V of  the  falls,  near  where  the.  grist  mill  building  now  stands.  There 
was  no  dam  built  across  the  river,  but  the  water  to  run  the  mill  was 
^ taken  from  the  falls  by  a sort  of  side  dam  or  sluiceway.  Several 
wooden  dams  have  since  been  built  across  the  stream  and  as  often 
been  carried  away  by  freshets.  The  preseat  permanent  granite  dam 
will,  without  the  least  doubt,  bid  defiance  to  ice  and  flood,  and  noth- 
, ing  short  of  an  earthquake  can  start  it  from  the  primitive  rock  to 
which  it  IS  securely  fastened.  Some  time  during  the  year  1770  Hil- 
dreth s cabin  was  burned,  and  he  returned  with  his  fiimily  to’  New 
Gloucester-,  but  in  the  spring  of  1771  he,  with  Mr.  David  Pettengill, 
came  b^k  to  Lewiston,  and  they  both  built  log  cabins  near  where 
Hildreth  first  settled.  This  year  (1770),  Lawrence  J.  Harris  brought 
his  family  here,  and  also  men  to  finish  the  saw  mill,  the  frame  of 
^ which  had  been  put  up  the  previous  yeai-.  The  mill  was  put  in  oper- 
. ation  the  same  season,  and  sawed  boards  for  the  use  of  the  settlers. 
^ 1 revious  to  this  there  were  no  boards  nor  mills  nearer  than  North 
• Yarmouth  or  New  Gloucester,  and  no  cleared  roads  to  either  place. 

The  route  by  which  Mr.  Harris  came  from  Ih-acut  to  Lewiston 
y- was  by  batteaux  down  the  Merrimac  River  to  Portsmouth,  N.  H.’ 
o ^ence  by  vessel  to  Freeport,  thence  by  spotted  trees  from’ 

^ Ireeport  to  South  West  Bend  (as  best  he  could,  hauling  his  boats  which 
4 ton  Falls'^^^^  Dracut),  thence  uj)  the  Androscoggin  River  to  Lewis- 

manner  he  brought  his  household  goods 
I family  to  Lewiston,  spending  with  them  their  first  night  in  Lew- 

j^ton  beneath  the  spreading  branches  of  a large  oak  tree  which  stood 
' 1 the  road  in  front  of  where  the  Lewiston  Falls  Manufacturing  Co.’s 

“O''"  located.  Mr.  Harris  was  the  grandfather  of  our  venera- 
ble  friend  and  esteemed  fellow  citizen.  Colonel  M'illiam  Garcelon  to 
<4  mainly  indebted  for  these  incidents  of  our  early  history. 

In  1773,  Amos  Davis,  assisted  by  David  Pnrinton,  surveyed  a part  of 
• the  plantation,  and  run  oufthe  lots  around  the  falls  for  the  iiroprie- 
c tors  Little  & Bagley.  It  was  found  that  the  lot  on  which  Hildreth 
j had  located  was  lot  No.  52,  and  Pcttengill’s  lot  No.  19;  Mr.  Han  is’s 
I lot  was  not  numbered,  but  laid  down  as  the  mill  lot,  extending  from 
I ^ i-iver  by  the  Continental  Mills,  along  the 

bank  of  the  river,  around  and  above  the  Falls,  to  the  corner  of  lot  No. 


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70  (afterwards  called  the  Col.  John  Nash  lot,  near  the  new  Steam 
Mill),  thence  southeast,  online  of  lot  No.  71  to  lot  No.  53  (Amos  Davis’s 
lot),  now  College  street,  thence  southwest  on  lot  lines  of  said  lots  53 
and  52,  to  the  Androscoggin  River,  nearly  three  hundred  rods. 

This  lot  was  held  and  owned  by  L.  J.  Harris  until  his  death.  In 
1784.  In  the  settlement  of  the  estate,  the  mill  privilege,  and  about 
fifteen  acres  of  the  land  around  the  falls  was  sold  back  to  Josiah  Little 
of  Newbury.  Abner  Harris,  son  of  Lawrence  J.,  inherited  his  father’s 
estate  and  continued  to  own  the  remainder  of  the  farm  at  the  falls,  as 
well  as  lot  No.  54.  (the  Haley  Farm)  until  1810,  when  he  sold  both  lots 
to  Dan  and  Lemuel  Read  for  $3500,  and  afterwards  removed  with  his 
family  to  Ohio. 

The  Harris  property  was  afterwards  purchased  of  the  Reads  by 
Col.  Josiah  Little,  who  lost  one  of  his  arms  while  blasting  rocks  on  the 
rapids,  near  the  Catholic  cemetery.  The  object  of  the  blasting  was  to 
improve  the  navigation  of  the  Androscoggin  River,  so  as  to  run  rafts 
of  lumber  more  safely  over  said  rapids.  Think  of  this,  and  the  trip 
of  Lawrence  J.  Harris  from  Dracut  to  Lewiston  in  1770,  ye  who  in 
1872  complain  of  a ten  minutes  delay  of  an  express  train  from  Lewis- 
ton to  Lowell ! 

The  most  of  this  Harris  property,  which  embraces  the  larger  por- 
tion of  the  mill  sites  in  Lewiston,  remained  in  the  possession  of  the 
Little  family,  until  about  the  year  1836,  when  the  proprietors  of  the 
water  power  (mainly  the  Little  heirs)  obtained  an  act  of  incorporation 
for  the  Great  Androscoggin  Mill-Dam,  Locks  and  Canal  Co.  This 
company  did  not  make  many  improvements,  and  in  1847  sold  out  to 
the  Lewistou  Water-Power  Co.,  who  subsequently  sold  their  interest 
to  the  Franklin  Co.,  who  now  own  and  control  the  water  power  of  the 
Androscoggin  River  at  Lewiston.  The  first  saw  mill  was  burnt  about 
the  year  1784,  but  was  soon  afterwards  rebuilt  by  Mr.  Little.  The 
second  and  third  mills  were  also  burned,  apparently  by  the  torch  of 
the  incendiary. 

In  a letter  to  Amos  Davis,  written  in  March,  1815,  Mr.  Little 
writes  thus : — 

“ My  son  Michael  writes  that  the  people  of  Lewiston  and  Minot  are 
desirous  to  have  a grist  mill  and  saw  mill  built  this  season  on  the  falls, 
and  that  the  people  would  get  in  the  timber  that  will  be  suitable  for 
them,  provided  I will  consent  to  put  them  up  this  season.  If  the  peo- 
ple think  the  mills  will  be  safe  from  the  base  incendiary,  who  has  no 
more  regard  for  one  man  than  another,  I will,  with  the  assistance  of 
the  people,  make  one  more  trial  to  rebuild  them.  But  I should  like  to 
have  the  timber  cut  on  the  old  of  the  moon,  that  if  it  should  be  pre- 
served from  fire  it  might  be  the  more  durable.” 

A grist  mill  and  a saw  mill  were  afterwards  built  and  did  good 
service  until  comparatively  a late  period.  Edward*  Little,  Esq.,  who 
lived  and  died  in  Danville,  was  the  son  of  Josiah  Little  of  Newbury, 
and  inherited  most  of  his  father’s  property  about  Lewiston. 

Previous*  to  1845,  the  manufacture  of  cotton  yarn  was  begun  on  a 
small  scale  in  a little  wooden  building  near  the  grist  mill.  Subse- 
quently a few  looms  were  introduced,  and  cotton  cloths  manufactured. 

This  was  the  first  cotton  mill  in  Lewistou.  It  was  destroyed  by 
fire,  about  the  year  1848  or  1849. 

The  Messrs.  Little  in  1819  built  a small  mill  where  the  old  wooden 
woolen  mill  now  stands,  which  was  used  for  a carding  and  fulling  mill. 
This  building  was  also  destroyed  by  fire  in  1829.  Previous  to  1798,  a 
saw  mill  was  built  at  what  is  now  called  Barker’s  Mills,  by  either  Mr. 
Jacob  Barker,  or  his  son  Cyrus,  who  is  still  remembered  by  older  citi- 
zens. A grist  mill  was  afterwards  erected  by  the  Barkers. 


LE^yISTON  CITY  STATISTICS. 

Incorporated  the  95th  town  in  the  State,  and  as  a city,  March  15, 
1861;  orf?anized  as  city  March  16,  1863. 

Population,  Lewiston,  in  1850,  (when  manufacturing  operations  were 
begun)  4,000;  population  in  1871,  15,000. 

Valuation  in  1850,  $625,596.  Valuation  in  1871,  $9,800,000. 

Municipal  election,  the  first  Monday  in  March. 

Goverxmext  of  the  City  of  Lewiston,  1871-2. — Mayor,  Alonzo 
Garcelon.  Aldermen — Ward  1,  John  F.  Putnam;  Ward  2,  Mande- 
ville  T.  Ludden;  Ward  3,  David  F.  Noyes;  Ward  4,  Geo.  A.  Drew; 
Ward  5,  David  Cowan;  Ward  6,  Wm.  S.  Rogers  ; Ward  7,  J.  P. 
Gill.  City  Clerk,  Edward  P.  Tobie.  Common  Council — Abial  M. 
Jones,  President;  Ward  No.  1,  Alonzo  D.  Morton,  Albert  B.  Furbish, 
Abial  M.  Jones;  Ward  No.  2,  Albert  E.  Frost,  Geo.  A.  Callahan,  Benj. 
Litchfield;  Ward  No.  3,  (Vacancy),  Thomas  Ward,  E.  B. 
Clark;  Ward  No.  4,  Rufus  Carr,  John  Riley,  T.  B.  Rowell;  Ward  No. 
5,  Josiah  G.  Coburn,  Cyrus  Greely,  Charles  P.  Wellman;  AVard  No.  6, 
Richard  Skelton,  David  Phetteplace,  B.  A.  Bailey,  Ward  No.  7, 
AA'in.  J.  Rodick,  William  R.  Wright,  Geo.  W.  Crockett;  Clerk  of 
Common  Council,  Fred.  B.  Sands. 

Number  scholars  in  Lewiston,  April,  1870,  4316,  of  which  2153 
were  of  foreign  parentage;  No.  registered  at  school,  2575,  taught  in 
41  school  rooms.  Cost  of  schools  in  1871,  $25,000. 


LEWISTON  MANUFACTURES. 


LEWISTON  PALLS  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

Capital  Stocky  $80,000. 

John  M.  Frye,  Agent.  Samuel  Pickard,  Treasurer. 

Incorporated  in  1834.  Commenced  operations  in  1834. 

No.  of  Mills,  2. 

No.  of  Dye  Houses,  1. 

No.  of  Picker  Houses,  1. 

AAoolen  Machinery,  6 sets. 

Monthly  Payroll,  including  all  disbursements  in  Lewiston,  $4000. 
No.  of  Females  employed,  45. 

No.  of  Males  employed,  45. 

Kinds  of  Goods  manufactured : Meltons,  Cassimeres  and  Repellents. 
Annual  production  in  yards,  230,000. 

Power — 2 wheels — 75  horses  power. 

No.  cords  of  Wood  used  annually,  600. 

No.  tbs.  W'ool  used  annually,  250,000. 

AVool  purchased  about  half  in  Maine. 

Messrs.  Pickard  and  Frye  have  sustained  their  present  official 
connection  with  this  mill  from  the  start — 37  years  ago. 


FRANKLIN  CO. 

Capital  Stocky  $1,000,000. 

N.  W.  Farwell,  Agent.  G.  H.  Pilsbury,  Clerk.  AA^m.  B.  Wood, 
Treasurer;  Lyman  Nichols,  Benj.  E.  Bates,  John  A.  Blanchard,  N. 
W.  Farwell,  A.  E.  Hildreth,  Directors.  Clarence  A.  Dorr  and  Wm.  J. 
Burnham,  Auditors. 

Incorporated  in  1847. 

This  Company  owns  the  Water  Power,  Canals,  and  the  adjoining 
land  around  the  Falls  on  both  sides  of  the  river.  They  have  leased 
to  the  Manufacturing  Companies  the  water  power  to  run  their  several 
mills.  They  also  own  the  Grist  Mill  building,  Lincoln  Mill,  Bleachery 
aud  the  DeWitt  House,  besides  several  shops,  and  many  other  build- 
ings. Also,  several  hundred  acres  of  land  in  and  around  the  more 
thickly  settled  portion  of  the  city.  The  Lincoln  Mill  was  built  in 
1845,  the  DeWitt  House  in  1852,  and  the  Bleachery  in  1860.  The 
old  “Water  Power  Company”  was  incorporated  in  1849,  and  in  1850 
manufacturing  developments  were  first  begun. 


LINCOLN  MILL. 

E.  S.  Davis,  Agent.  (See  officers  of  Franklin  Company.) 
Incorporated  in  1846.  Commenced  manufacturing  in  1846. 
No.  of  Mills,  1. 

No.  of  Spindles,  21,744. 

Monthly  Payroll  and  disbursements  in  Lewiston,  $12,500. 
No.  females  employed,  283. 


No.  males  employed,  124. 

Kind  of  Goods  manufactured,  40-inch  Sheeting. 

Annual  production  in  yards,  3,000,000. 

No.  tons  coal  used  annually,  450. 

Extension  of  Mill  completed  in  1868,  increasing  spindles  from  5472 
to  present  number. 

Power — 2 turbine  wheels,  350  horses  power. 

BATES  MANUFACTUBIKG  CO. 

Capital  Stocky  $1,500,000. 

C I.  Barker,  Agent  and  Clerk.  Benj.  E.  Bates,  Treasurer;  A.  E. 
Hildreth,  Lyman  Nichols,  B.  E.  Nourse,  Edward  Atkinson,  John  A. 
Blanchard,  N.  W.  Farwell,  James  W.  Clark,  Directors. 

Incorporated  in  1850.  Commenced  operations  in  1852. 

No.  of  Mills,  3 — 2 cotton  and  1 woolen. 

No.  of  Spindles,  cotton,  45,720. 

No.  Sets  Woolen  Machinery,  8. 

No.  of  Males  employed  in  woolen  mUl,  75. 

No.  of  Females  employed  in  woolen  mill,  50. 

No.  of  Males  employed  in  cotton  mill,  500. 

No.  of  Females  employed  in  cotton  mill,  750. 

Monthly  pay-roll,  including  all  disbursements  in  Lewiston,  $60,000. 
Kinds  of  goods  made — Cotton  : Sheetings,  Satteen  Jeans,  Fancy 
Cords,  Silesias,  Marseilles  Quilts,  Crochet  Quilts,  Common  Quilts, 
Ginghams,  Seersuckers  and  Cottonades. 

Kinds  of  goods  made  — Woolen : Moscow  Beavers,  Repellents, 
Fancy  Cass,  and  Slasher  Cloths. 

No.  1 Mill  commenced  manufacturing  in  1850. 

No.  2 Mill  commenced  manufacturing  in  1854. 

No.  3 Mill  (Woolen)  commenced  manufacturing  in  1865. 

No.  of  tons  coal  used  annually,  2,779. 

No.  of  bales  cotton  used  annually,  5,639. 

No.  of  pounds  wool  used  annually,  363,245. 

Value  of  dyes  used  annually,  $51,689.99. 

Kinds  of  dyes  used — Copi)eras,  Alum,  Oil  Vitriol,  dye  woods,  &c. 
No.  of  yards  cotton  goods  made  annually,  7,180,589. 

No.  yards  woolen  goods  made  annmilly,  118,925. 

Power  6 turbines — 1,200  horses  power. 

HILL  MANUFACTURING  CO. 

Capital  Stocky  $1,000,000. 

J.  G.  Coburn,  Agent.  Fred.  B.  Sands,  Clerk;  F.  L.  Richardson, 
Treasurer;  Homer  Bartlett,  Benj.  E.  Bates,  N.  D.  Whitney,  J.  G.  Ab- 
bott, Lyman  Nichols,  F.  U.  Tracy,  F.  L.  Richardson,  Directors. 
Incorporated  in  1850.  Commenced  operations  in  1854. 

Monthly  Payroll,  including  all  disbursements  in  Lewiston,  $28,000. 
No.  of  Mills,  2. 

No.  of  Spindles,  51,000. 

No.  of  Females  employed,  800. 

No.  of  Males  employed,  200. 

No.  yards  Goods  made  annually,  7,400,000. 

Kinds  of  Goods,  Shirtings  and  Sheetings. 

Tons  of  coal  consumed  per  annum,  600. 

No.  of  water  wheels  and  power,  4 wheels — 800  horses  power. 

No.  1 Mill  commenced  manufacturing  in  1854;  No.  2 Mill  in  1864. 


CONTINENTAL  MILLS. 

Capital  Stocky  $900,000. 

E.  S.  Davis,  Agent.  R.  C.  Pennell,  Clerk.  William  B.  Wood, 
Treasurer-,  Lyman  Nichols,  B.  E.  Bates,  N.  W.  Earwell,  J.  A.  Blan- 
chard, B.  E.  Nourse,  Uriel  Crocker,  Directors;  Clarence  A.  Dorr,  Geo. 
II.  Pilsbury,  Auditors. 

Incorporated  in  1866.  Commenced  manufacturing  in  1866. 

No.  of  Mills,  1. 

No.  of  Spindles,  27,360. 

Monthly  Payroll  and  disbursements  in  Lewiston,  $15,000. 

No.  females  employed,  340. 

No.  males  employed,  160. 

Kinds  of  Goods  manufactured:  Brown  Sheetings,  36  and  40-inch, 
and  three  cards  on  batting. 

Annual  production  in  yards,  5,522,206. 

Annual  production,  batting,  75,000  lbs. 

Power — 3 turbine  wheels,  440  horses  power. 

Annual  consumption  coal,  500  tons. 

The  Continental  was  originally  the  Porter  Mill  which  began  opera- 
tions in  1858. 

It  is  contemplated  to  carry  up  the  capacity  of  the  Continental  to 
62,000  spindles,  the  next  season — more  than  doubling  its  present 
capacity. 


LEWISTON  MILLS. 

Capital  Stocky  $500,000. 

P.  0.  Sands,  Agent.  George  C.  Richardson,  George  K.  Guild, 
George  L.  Ward,  Directors;  Geo.  L.  Ward,  Treasurer. 

Incorporated  in  1853.  Commenced  manufacturing  in  1861. 

No.  of  Mills,  2. 

No.  of  Spindles,  25,000. 

Monthly  Payroll  and  disbursements  in  Lewiston,  $28,060. 

No.  of  females  employed,  552. 

No.  of  males  employed,  253. 

Kinds  of  Goods  manufactured:  Tickings,  denims,  stripes,  ging- 
hams, cottonades,  osnaburgs  (the  latter,  coarse,  white  goods,  sold 
South  and  in  Cuba),  cotton  and  jute  bags,  jute  twine,  batting,  and  a 
large  variety  of  cottonades. 

The  following  is  the  annual  production:  60,000  lbs.  of  batting,  10,400 
lbs.  of  carpet-warp,  277,986  lbs.  jute  twine;  cotton  bags,  633,872  (1  lb. 
to  each  bag);  jute  bags,  329,868  (400,290  lbs.);  cassimeres,  denims, 
ticks,  stripes,  osnaburgs,  3,243,488  yards  (1,395,398  lbs.). 

No.  tons  coal  consumed  annually,  1,200. 

Power — 3 turbine  wheels — 450  horses  power. 

Commenced  operations.  No.  1 Mill,  1861;  No.  2 Mill  in  1866. 

No.  lbs.  goods  dyed  yearly,  600,000. 

Value  of  dyes  used  yearly,  $30,800. 

Pounds  starch  used  yearly,  50,000. 

Casks  lime  used  yearly,  600. 

The  following  drugs  and  dyes  are  used  : Logwood,  gambia,  cutch, 
catechu,  indigo,  prussiate  of  potash,  tumeric,  bi-ehromate  of  potash, 
fustic,  sugar  of  lead,  annotto,  red  spirits,  sulphuric  acid,  nitric 
acid,  sumac,  copperas,  hypernic,  pearl  ash,  quercitron  bark,  chloride 
of  lime,  alum,  sal  soda,  tin  crystals,  soda  ash,  olive  oil.  A few  of 
the  now  anilines  are  being  used. 


ANDROSCOGGIN  MILLS. 

Capital  Stocky  $1,000,000. 

J.  W.  Danielson,  Agent  and  Clerk.  B.  E.  Bates,  Treasurer^  B.  E. 
Bates,  Theophilus  W.  Walker,  Lyman  Nichols,  Peter  T.  Homer,  John 
A.  Blanchard,  Jas.  M.  Beebe,  Dhectors;  C.  A.  Dorr  and  Thos.  Minns, 
Auditors.  • 

Incorporated  1860.  Commenced  manufacturing  in  1861. 

Average  Monthly  Payroll  and  disbm’sements  in  Lewiston,  $42,- 
833.97. 

No.  female  hands  employed,  628. 

No.  male  hands  employed,  301. 

No.  Spindles,  48,344  or  equal  to  50,000  for  fine  work. 

Kinds  Goods  manufactured,  sheetings,  shirtings,  Jeans  and  bags. 
No.  1 Mill,  commenced  manufacturing  in  1861. 

No.  2 Mill,  commenced  manufacturing  in  1867. 

Annual  production  cloth  5,841,000  yards*,  1,790,642  ibs. 

Annual  production  bags,  1,750,652,  weighing  1 lb.  each. 

TcVis  coal  used,  829. 

Tons  starch  used,  49  1-2. 

A new  Mill  of  12,000  Spindles  is  to  be  built  the  ensuing  season,  on 
the  Androscoggin  Corporation. 

Power — 6 turbines,  900  horses  power. 

LEWISTON  BLEACIIERY. 

J.  Dempsey,  Agent. 

Commenced  operations  in  1800. 

No.  ladies  employed,  13. 

No.  men  employed,  127. 

No.  buildings,  1. 

Monthly  Payroll  and  disbursements  in  Lewiston,  $12,000. 

Capacity,  12  tons  of  goods  per  day  (colored  and  white). 

Total  annual  value  of  goods,  bleached,  $5,500,000. 

Annual  consumption  coal,  2000  tons. 

No.  Boilers  used — six. 

Attached  to  the  Bleachery  is  a Box  Factory,  making  60  boxes 
daily  and  consuming  annually  one  million  feet  spruce  lumber. 

The  erection  of  a building,  the  next  season,  is  contemplated,  150x 
60  feet,  2 stories  high  with  French  roof,  and  a French  roof  is  to  be 
placed  over  the  ell  part  of  the  Bleachery.  These  improvements  will 
carry  up  the  daily  capacity  of  the  Bleachery  to  20  tons. 

Annual  consumption  lime,  1200  bbls. 

Annual  consumption  soda  ash,  200,000  lbs. 

Annual  consumption  bleaching  Powders,  160,000  lbs. 

Annual  consumption  Sulphuric  Acid,  1800  carboys. 

Annual  consumption  Potato  Starch,  45  tons. 

Annual  consumption  Corn  Starch,  20  tons. 

Annual  consumption  Flour,  200  bbls. 

25  different  drugs  and  dyes  are  used  to  the  annual  value  of 
about  $10,000. 


LEWISTON  MACHINE  CO. 

Capital  Stocky  $100,000. 

J.  G.  Coburn,  President;  E.  II.  Cummings,  Agent;  J.  W.  Dan- 
ielson, Treasurer  and  Clerk.  J.  G.  Coburn,  C.  I.  Barker,  N.  W.  Far- 


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well,  A.  D.  Lockwood,  N.  Dingley,  jr.,  G.  H.  Pilsl)ury,  B.  E.  Bates, 
E.  S.  Davis,  S.  W.  Kilvert,  Directors*,  G.  H.  Pilsbury  and  W.  J.  Barn- 
ham,  Auditors. 

Incorporated  1863. 

Monthly  Payroll  and  disbursements  in  Lewiston,  $9000. 

No.  hands  employed,  175. 

Kinds  of  Goods  manufactured^ Brass  and  iron  castings  of  all  kinds, 
cotton  and  woolen  machinery,  shafting,  &c.  This  Company  manufac- 
ture exclusively  the  celebrated  Thomas  loom  for  fancy  goods. 

Consume  500  tons  coal  annually.  235  tons  of  mouhling  sand  (from 
Hudson  river,  near  Albany),  700  tons  of  pig  and  scrap  iron.  The 
Foundry  was  established  nearly  a quarter  of  a century  ago  and  was 
merged  into  a Machine  Shop  8 years  ago.  There  are  8 buildings  be- 
longing to  the  establishment,  the  main  portion  brick.  Enlarged  in 
1865,  and  also  in  1866.  In  1868  the  interior  was  remodelled.  The 
power  is  50  horses,  Corliss,  Portland  Co.’s,  tubular  boiler. 

Annual  value  of  manufactures,  $175,000. 


AURORA  MILLS. 


D.  Cowan,  Agent. 

No.  Sets  woolen  machinery,  3. 

Monthly  Payroll,  $3,000. 

Females  employed,  30. 

Males  employed,  25. 

Kinds  of  goods  manufactured:  Meltons,  fancy  cassimeres,  repellents. 
Annual  production  in.  yards,  150,000. 

One  turbine  (Leffel)  wheel,  50  horses  power. 


CUMBERLAND  MILLS. 

J.  L.  n.  Cobb  & Co., '■  Proprietors. 

Commenced  operations  in  1863. 

No.  of  MiUs,  1. 

Woolen  Machinery,  3 sets. 

Monthly  Payroll,  $2000. 

No.  of  females  employed,  25. 

No.  of  males  employed,  25. 

Kind  of  goods  manufactured,  Cumberland  repellents  (blacks,  browns 
and  greys). 

Annual  production  in  yards,  200,000. 

No.  fbs.  wool  annually  manufactured,  250,000 

Annual  value  of  production,  $225,000. 

Power — 1 turbine  wheel,  50  horses  power. 

LUMBER. 

S.  R.  Bearce  & Co.  lease  the  Franklin  Co.’s  saw  mill  and  own  one 
of  the  most  complete  saw  mills  in  the  country,  run  by  steam  power 
and  situated  about  one-fourth  of  a mile  above  the  M.  C.  R.  R.  station 
on  the  banks  of  the  Androscoggin.  Power,  125  H.  P.  engine.  Annual 
products  of  both  mills  19  to  20  millions  feet  of  manufactured  lumber 
of  all  kinds."  No.  men  employed  200.  Annual  value  of  production 
$200,000. 

Ham  & Dwelley,  lessees  of  Barker’s  Mills  saw  mill.  Run  3 months, 
per  annum — ^manufacturing  150,000  feet  of  lumber  annually. 


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LEWISTON  STEAM  MILL  CO. 

Capital  Stocky  $100,000. 

James  Wood,  Agent. 

No.  of  hands  employed,  50. 

Monthly  Payroll,  $2, 500. 

Feet  of  lumber  of  all  kinds  manufactured:  7,000,000. 

Value  : $70,000. 

Power — Steam,  110  Horses  Power.  Mill  located  above  M.  C.  R.  R. 
station. 


LEWISTO^^  GAS  LIGHT  CO. 

Capital  Stocky  $250,000. 

J.  P.  Gill,  Agent  and  Treasurer.  G.  H.  l^lsbury,  Clerk*,  Lyman 
Nichols,  N.  W.  Farwell,  Wm.  B.  Wood,  C.  T.  Farrington,  G.  H.  Pils- 
bury,  E.  S.  Davis,  C.  I.  Barker,  Directors. 

Incorporated  in  1853.  Commenced  manufacturing  in  1854. 

Average  No.  of  men  employed,  15. 

Monthly  Payroll  and  disbursements  in  Lewiston,  $2500. 

No.  cubic  feet  of  gas  manufactured  annually,  about  eleven  millions 
feet. 

Price  of  gas,  $4.25  per  M feet. 

Annual  consumption  of  coal,  1400  tons. 


AMERICAN  PIPE  COUPLING  AND  SPLICE  CO. 

Capital  Stocky  $50,000. 

Levi  Abbot,  Superintendent. 

W.  II.  Kilvert,  Treasurer. 

No.  hands  employed,  8. 

The  Company  has  been  but  recently  organized  and  will  enlarge  its 
business  the  ensuing  year. 


FILES. 

File  Factory  (Cross  Canal),  Westall  & Morrill,  Proprietors.  Eiiijiloy 
7 hands. 

Twelve  dozens  files  made  daily. 


REEDS. 

David  Scott,  Manufacturer  of  reeds.  Manufactm-es  18,000  reeds  per 
year,  valued  at  $5,000. 

BOBBINS,  &C. 

Bobbins,  Spools,  Skewers  and  Cleavers.  Gilman,  Johnson  & Co., 
Manufacturers.  Employ  12  hands.  Produce  annually  one  million  of 
all  kinds.  Consume  annually  300  to  500  cords  of  white  and  yellow 
birch,  rock  and  white  maple  and  30,000  bass  wood  lumber. 


POWER  MECHANIC  SHOPS. 

t On  the  Cross  Canal  are  the  Mechanic  Shops  of  0.  B.  Morse  & Co. 
(jobbing  and  stair  rails),  R.  DcNiter  (blinds,  sash  and  doors),  and 


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Jordan,  Frost  & Co.,  jobbing-,  also  A.  B.  Farbish’s  and  George  Han- 
son’s carpenter  shops. 

Power — 2 turbines. 


CARDS  AXD  BELTING. 

D.  F.  Noyes,  Proprietor,  Cross  Canal,  rear  Bates  Mills.  Employs 
4 hands. 

Business  from  $15,000  to  $30,000  per  annum. 


NEW  ENGLAND  TANNING  ASSOCIATION. 

H.  I.  Holland,  Superintendent. 

This  Company  is  tanning  by  the  patent  vacuum  process — using  two 
massive  receivers,  in  which  the  hides  are  hung  and  the  liquor  poured, 
when  the  air  is  exhausted  by  a heavy  steam  pump.  These  tanks  are 
made  very  strong  to  resist  a pressure  of  1200  tons.  600  calf  skins  are 
tanned  every  week.  Seven  days  are  consumed  in  the  tanning  process. 
The  works  are  to  be  increased  to  a capacity  of  1200  calf  skins  per  week. 
300  cords  of  hemlock  bark  are  used  annually. 


LAST  MANUFACTORAL 

E.  M.  Leavitt,  Proprietor. 

Employs  3 men.  Manufactures  15,000  pairs  lasts  annually — ^supply- 
ing Auburn  shoe  manufacturers  generally.  He  buys  rock  maple  in 
blocks,  worked  out  rough,  in  Penobscot  county,  largely.  Lasts  are 
now  being  built  for  the  Spring  trade,  of  new  pattern. 


MEAL  AND  FLOUR. 

Messrs.  Bradley  & Morton,  lessees  of  Franklin  Co.’s  Grist  Mill. 
Grain  manufactured  by  this  firm  in  1871,  193,000  bushels. 

Amount  of  wheat  manufactured,  23,000,  into  5000  bbls.  flour. 
Amount  of  corn,  oats  and  other  feed,  170,000  bushels. 

Amount  for  freight  paid  by  the  firm  in  1871,  $50,000. 

Grist  Mill,  Barker’s  Mills.  J.  B.  Ham  & Co.,  Proprietors, 

Ham  & Dwelley  are  now  leasing  and  running  the  mills.  30,000 
bushels  of  corn  and  coarse  grains  are  manufactured  into  meal  yearly. 
About  230,000  bushels  of  grain  are  sold  in  Lewiston  annually. 


BRICKS. 

The  following  firms  manufacture  bricks  extensively:  Thomas  &; 
Libby,  two  yards,  one  situated  on  Main  St.  near  Jepson  Brook,  and 
the  second  near  the  M.  C.  R.  R. — opposite  old  Fair  Ground;  John  H. 
Pettingill,  yard  on  Main  St.  near  Jepson  Brook;  Levi  S.  Ware,  yard 
near  Jepson  Brook;  Edward  Clarke,  on  Lisbon  road  2 miles  below  the 
Post  office;  J.  P.  Norton,  two  yards,  one  near  old  Fair  Grounds  and 
another  near  M.  C.  Depot.  Mr.  Norton  has  manufactured  2,400,- 
000  bricks  the  past  season.  Messrs.  Thomas  & Libby  have  made 
1,300,000;  Mr.  PettengUl,  1,000,000;  Mr.  Ware,  1,000,000;  Mr.  Clarke, 
800,000,  the  past  season.  Aggregate  manufacture  in  this  city,  the 
past  season,  9 millions.  Mr.  Dunn  has  nuwle  one  million  brick  in  his 
yard  in  Auburn. 


GOLD  AND  SILVER  PLATING. 

Russell  & Hanover,  Proprietors. 

Factory  in  Waldron’s  Block. 

Employ  20  hands.  Harness  and  carriage  trimmings,  exclusively, 
plated.  Annual  value  of  manufactures  $37,000.  $600  worth  of  gold 
and  $4000  worth  of  silver  are  used  annually.  Goods  are  made  to 
order  for  the  Massachusetts  market.  This  is  the  largest  of  the  kind 
— save  one — in  the  New  England  States. 


BRASS  FOUNDRY. 

.John  F.  Loomis.  Employs  3 hands.  Manufactures  all  kinds  of 
brass  and  composition  castings.  Manufactures  brass  castings  largely 
for  the  M.  C.  R.  R.  Co.,  and  for  city  manufacturers. 


BELTS,  ROLLS,  &C. 

H.  H.  Dickey.  Employs  7 men.  Manufactures  belts,  loom  strap- 
ping and  covers  top  rolls.  Uses  about  40  sides  of  leather  per  week. 
Mr.  Dickey  also  deals  in  roller  cloths  and  lacings.  Supplies  mills  in 
this  city  and  in  various  parts  of  the  State,  and  somewhat  in  Massa- 
chusetts. 


SHOE  MANUFACTORIES. 

White  & Jones,  .Tones  Block.  Employ  50  hands — 25  men  and  sam® 
number  of  hulies — in  the  manufacture  of  ladies’  serge  boots.  Annual 
Xjroduction,  $80,000,  or  60,000  pairs. 

P.  McGillicuddy  & Co.,  Serge  Boot  Manuhicturers.  Employ  50 
hands — half  ladies  and  half  gentlemen.  Annual  i)roductiou,  about 
70,000  pairs*,  valued  at  about  $87,000. 

Dana  Webster  also  does  quite  a heavy  shoe  business  on  I/isbon  St. 

S.  D.  Wood.  Serge  Boots.  Employs  5 hands.  Manufactures  150 
cases  per  year,  valued  at  $13,500.  Annual  payroll,  $2000.  Goods 
sold  in  Maine. 


LEWISTON  BROOM  COMPANY. 

George  Goodwin,  Agent. 

Employ  5 hands.  Manufacture  brooms  and  brushes — 100  dozens 
per  week.  Annual  value  of  manufactures  $12,000.  Market,  princi- 
pally, in  Maine.  Broom  corn  mostly  comes  from  Chicago.  The  Chi- 
cago fire  destroyed  3200  tons  of  broom  corn  and  doubled  the  price. 


BAKERIES. 

Varney  & Day,  Bakery  on  Franklin  St.  Employ  9 men.  Manu- 
facture crackers  of  all  descrlydions,  and  fancy  cookery.  Product.'  an- 
nually 8000  barrels  of  crackers  and  manufactui*e,  annually,  2400  bbls. 
of  flour  into  crackers,  bread,  cake,  &e. 

Messrs.  Huston  & lioynton.  Bakery  on  Lisbon  St.  Fancy  cookery 
and  brown  bread.  Consume  100  barrels  of  flour  per  year,  anil  50 
barrels  of  sugar.  The  same  firm  has  an  extensive  Steam  Crackery 
* Bakery  in  Auburn  of  which  we  speak  further  on. 


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BRUSH  FACTORY. 

H.  H.  Ilarrly,  Jones  Block.  Employ  3 hands.  Manufacture  all 
kinds  of  brashes  to  the  extent  of  six  dozens  daily — valued  on  an  ave- 
rage, at  $3.00  per  dozen — prices  from  $1.50  to  $36.00  per  dozen. 
Goods  sold  throughout  Maine. 

CONFECTIONERY. 

C.  Parker  & Co.,  Lisbon  street.  Manufacture  300  lbs.  of  candy 
daily,  using  8 barrels  of  sugar  per  week.  Employ  5 hands. 

Mr.  Entwistle  also  has  a Confectionery  Establishment  on  Franklin 
street. 


LOOM  HARNESSES. 

Edward  Joyce,  Proprietor.  Establishment  on  Cross  Canal  on  Lin- 
coln street.  Employs  5 hands.  Manufactures  40,000  harnesses  per 
annum.  Has  2 Machines.  Annual  value  of  manufactm’es,  $40,000. 
Power,  turbine  wheel — six  horses  power. 


SHIRT  MANUFACTORY. 

Goodwin,  Waite  & Ferguson.  Employ  20  hands.  Make  12  doz- 
ens per  week,  contemplating  to  increase  to  20  dozens.  Annual  value 
of  manufactures,  at  present,  about  $10,000.  Annual  payroll,  $3000. 
Five  grades  of  goods  are  made,  from  $12  to  $22  50  per  dozen.  Num- 
ber of  yards  of  cotton  used  annually,  20,000;  number  of  yards  of 
linen,  4,000. 

MACHINERY. 

E.  E.  Wheeler,  Machinist,  Lower  Main  street.  Water  power — shaft 
from  Lewiston  Falls  Mfg.  Co.’s  Mill.  Employ  6 hands.  Make  water- 
wheel governors,  shafting,  and  general  machine  job  work. 


WATER-WHEEL  GOVERNORS. 

J.  A.  Whitman,  Manufacturer  of  Whitman’s  Water-Wheel  Gover- 
nor. Has  manufactured  about  80  of  these  Governors  within  past  two 
years. 

CARRIAGE  AND  SLEIGH  MANUFACTORY. 

Potter,  Thompson  & Co.  (Octavius  Potter,  T.  Thompson,  I.  W. 
Thompson).  Factory  on  Park  street.  Established  1861. 

No.  hands  employed,  18. 

Annual  payroll,  $10,000. 

Annual  value  of  productions,  $25,000. 

Make  100  carriages  and  about  35  sleighs  annually.  Open  and  top 
light  carriages  of  all  kinds  made. 


FUR  GOODS  MANUFACTORY. 

A.  L.  & P.  P.  Getchell,  Lisbon  street,  manufacturers  of  Ladies’ 
Furs,  Robes  and  Fur  Goods. 

Employ  5 hands.  Annual  value  of  manufactures,  $5000. 


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MARBLE  AND  GRANITE  WORKS. 

West,  Win"  & Co.,  Bates  street. 

Commenced  operations  April  1st,  1871.  Employ  15  hands  in  sum- 
mer and  5 in  winter.  Annual  payroll,  $5500. 

Annual  value  of  productions,  $12,000. 

No.  cubic  feet  of  granite  used  per  year,  4200,  or  about  350  tons. 

No.  cubic  feet  of  marble,  187,  or  17  tons. 


BEGAPITULA  TIOX. 


3,866 
500 
2,300 

Total  Power,  6,666  horses. 

No.  females  employed,  3,628. 

No.  males  employed,  2,581. 

Annual  disbursements  for  labor,  $2,378,400,  or  $198,200  per  month. 
Gross  annual  disbursements  of  manufacturing  of  all  kinds  in  Lewis- 
ton, $2,724,000,  or  $227,000  jier  month. 

Annual  productions:  32,187,283  yards  cotton  cloth,  or  nearly 
20,000  miles  in  length.  698,925  yards  woolen  cloth.  No.  grain  bags, 
2,714,392;  jute  twine,  277,986  lbs. 

Annual  value  of  manufactured  productions,  $11,000,000. 


No.  of  Corporations,  17. 

No.  of  Cotton  Mills,  9. 

No.  of  Woolen  Mills,  5. 

Capital  Invested,  $7,000,000. 

No.  of  Spindles,  220,824. 

No.  Sets  Woolen  Machinery,  20. 

No.  of  Water  Wheels,  35. 

Annual  consumption  of  cotton,  35,000  bales. 
Annual  consumption  of  coal,  15,000  tons. 
Power  used  for  cotton  mills. 

Power  used  for  other  purposes, 

Power  not  used. 


GENERAL  MANUFACTURING  STATISTICS. 

One  horse-power  drives  65  spindles. 

Cost  of  Water  Power  in  Lewiston : — 

Bates  Mills  per  horse-power  i)er  day,  82  1-4  mills. 

Including  fuel  and  labor  incident  to  heating,  and  the  cost  of  steam 
and  heat  used  in  Bates  Mills  extensive  Dye  House  and  Bleachery, 
7.40  cts. 

Androscoggin  Mills,  per  horse-power  per  day,  1.45  cts. 

Including  heating  and  labor  incident  to  heating,  per  horse-power 
per  day,  4.70  cts. 

Cost  of  Steam  Power : — 

Corliss  engine,  cost  per  horse-power  per  day,  including  labor  and 
fuel,  22.64  cts. 

Difference  in  favor  of  water  Power  at  cost  of  water  in  Lewiston,  per 
tiorse-power,  21.19  cts. 

Difference  in  favor  of  water  power  j)er  horse-power  rmcluding  heat- 
ing), 17.94  cts. 


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No.  30  yarn  costs  to  manufacture  by  water  power  per  lb.  (cost 
of  power  only)  1.35  mills. 

^ Do.  to  manufacture  by  steam  power  per  lb,  22.40  mills. 

No.  lbs.  25,000  spindles  will  produce  per  year,  100,000,000. 

Cost  of  water  power  for  same  $1,350. 

Cost  of  steam  power,  $23,400. 

Difference  in  favor  of  water,  $22,050. 

Production  per  day  of  No.  30  yarn  per  spindle,  3.80  hanks. 

The  above  estimates  for  steam  are  coal  at  $8.50  per  ton.  In  both 
cases  labor  and  fuel  are  included,  but  no  repairs.  Here  the  advan- 
tage is  with  water  power,  as  in  water  power  repairs  are  little  or 
nothing,  while  in  steam  power,  according  to  the  estimate  of  Corliss,  the 
well-known  steam-engine  buider,  there  must  be  added  to  get  the  annual 
cost  of  steam  power,  not  only  fuel  and  labor,  but  20  per  cent,  on  cost 
of  engine  for  wear  and  tear  and  repairs. 

Corliss  estimate  cost  of  steam  power  per  day  (for  fuel  and  labor) 
per  horse-power,  13.52  cents. 

Corliss  estimate,  including  his  20  per  cent,  for  incidentals,  would  be 
per  horse-power  per  day,  16.22  cts. 

Estimated  cost  per  spindle  of  a mill  on  No.  30  yarn,  fine  sheetings, 
with  all  modern  improvements  and  wheels,  steam  for  heating,  &c.,  $21. 

Estimated  cost  in  Lewiston  of  a first-class  30,000-spindle  brick  mill, 
$630,000. 

Annual  water  rent  for  such  a mill  in  Lewiston,  $1,500. 

Recent  improvements  in  machinery  increase  capacity  of  mills  using 
best  machinery,  10  per  cent. 

Time  required  to  get  goods  from  raw  cotton,  on  the  market,  frcmi 
one  to  two  months,  according  to  goods. 

25,000  spindles  attract  a population  of  about  1500  persons. 

The  aggregate  number  of  spindles  in  this  city  will  probably  be 
increased  by  about  50,000  in  1872,  so  that  in  1873  the  population  of 
Lewiston  will  probal?ly  touch  20,000. 


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HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  AUBURN 


Auburn,  Androscoggin  County,  is  situated  on  the  west  bank 
of  the  Androscoggin  River,  opposite  Lewiston.  The  settlement 
of  the  town  was  commenced  in  1786.  Samuel  Starbird,  Thomas 
Bailey,  Samuel  Emerson,  David  Libbey,  and  one.  Small,  were 
among  the  first  settlers,  although  the  exact  date  of  their  arrival  is 
unknown.  In  June,  1789,  Ben,jamin  True,  Jabez,  Levi  and  Daniel 
Merrill,  from  Salisbury,  Mass.,  and  Jacob  Stevens,  from  New  Glouces- 
ter, settled  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  town.  Subsequently,  the  tract 
comprising  this  town,  Poland,  and  Minot,  was  granted  by  Massachu- 
setts to  one  Baker,  and  was  then  called  Bakerstown.  In  1795,  the 
whole  tract  was  incorporated  in  one  town,  named  Poland.  In  1802, 
Poland  was  divided,  and  the  easterly  portion  incorporated  under  the 
name  of  Minot.  In  1842,  Minot  was  divided,  and  the  easterly  part 
incorporated  under  the  name  of  Auburn,  the  territory  comprising 
which  was  originally  granted  by  Massachusetts  to  John  Bridgham  and 
others,  who  had  a struggle  with  the  Pejepscot  proprietors,  the  latter 
claiming  that  their  Indian  grant  included  a large  portion  of  this  town. 
The  matter  was  finally  settled  by  Massachusetts  paying  the  Pejepscot 
claimants  for  the  land.  Thus  the  settlers  seem  to  have  obtained  the 
titles  to  their  lands  from  John  Bridgham  and  others. 

Auburn,  like  many  other  towns,  has  its  Indian  legends.  A story  is 
> told  of  a white  man,  who,  at  an  early  period,  settled  upon  an  island  in 
the  river,  above  the  falls,  towards  whom  the  Indians  entertained  a 
deadly  hatred  5 and  they  determined  to  kill  him.  For  this  purpose  a 
party  of  about  fifty  Indians  started  in  their  canoes  from  a point  some 
distance  up  the  river,  in  the  dead  of  night,  guided,  as  they  supposed, 
by  the  light  that  the  lonely  white  man  kept  continmilly  burning  upon  the 
island.  But  by  some  means,  the  white  man’s  suspicions  liad  been 
awakened,  and  fearing  a night  attack  by  them,  he  had  taken  the  pre- 
caution to  build  a fire  on  a hill  below  the  falls,  directly  in  range  of  his 
island,  and  to  put  out  his  own  fire  upon  the  island.  The  Indians, 
lured  on  by  this  light,  were  drawn  into  the  fatal  current  before  they 
discovered  their  mistake, — dashed  over  the  falls,  and  all  of  them  per- 
ished. Another  version  of  this  story  represents  that  the  Indians  were 
about  to  make  a descent  upon  the  settlement  at  Brunswick,  and  were 
intercepted  by  this  island  hermit,  who  by  some  means  had  gained  a 
knowledge  of  their  intentions. 

Many  implements  of  Indian  manufacture  have  been  found  here, 
such  as  axes,  war-clubs  and  ornaments.  Some  years  since,  while  the 
streets  were  being  graded,  ten  or  twelve  Indian  skeletons  were  ex- 
humed, evidently  having  been  buried  according  to  their  usual  custom, 
in  a sitting  ijosture,  with  their  wampum  and  war-clubs  around  them. 

The  surface  of  the  town  is  generally  uneven,  but  without  mountains. 
The  soil  is  fertile,  especially  along  the  valleys  and  the  banks  of  the 
Androscoggin.  The  town  is  watered  by  two  very  pleasant  ponds,  in 
the  easterly  and  central  parts,  and  the  Little  Androscoggin,  a stream 
of  considerable  size,  tributary  to  the  larger  river  of  that  name.  The 
Maine  Central  Railroad  passes  through  the  town.  The  county  build- 
ings are  located  in  Auburn. 


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AUBURN  CITY  STATISTICS. 

33  1-2  miles  from  Portland.  Danville  annexed  Feb.  26,  1867.  City 
Charter  adopted  Feb.  22,  1869.  Population  1850,  2840*,  1871,  8000. 
Valuation  about  $3,000,000.  Municipal  election  first  Monday  in 
March.  Grovernment  organized  March  22d,  1869.  Six  post  offices. 
Annual  appropriations  for  schools,  $13,500.  No.  scholars  in  Auburn 
in  1870,  1982,  taught  in  27  schools.  Auburn  is  about  16  miles  long, 
and  of  less  and  irregular  breadth — territorially,  one  of  the  largest 
cities  in  the  country. 

Government  of  the  City  of  Auburn,  1871. — Mayor,  Thomas 
Littlefield.  Aldermen — Ward  No.  1,  Oscar  D.  Bailey,  Ward  2,  Silas 
Sprague 5 Ward  3,  John  W.  Perkins*,  Ward  4,  James  S.  Robbins*, 
Ward  5,  Almon  C.  Pray.  City  Clerk,  Geo.  S.  Woodman.  Common 
Council — Charles  Dunn,  President^  Ward  No.  1,  Alonzo  Crafts,  Ben- 
jamin Conant,  Harrison  0.  Whitman j Ward  No.  2,  Josiah  Penley, 
Silvester  Oakes,  Frank  Bartlett*,  Ward  No.  3,  Oren  B.  Morse,  Ansel 
L.  Lombard,  Wm.  M.  Chamberlin*,  Ward  No.  4,  J.  W.  Peables,  Rufus 
Penly,  Frank  E.  Young*,  Ward  No.  5,  Charles  Dunn,  Samuel  Emer- 
son, Charles  0.  Martin*,  Clerk  of  Common  Council,  Wm.  M.  Harris. 


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AUBURN  MANUFACTURES. 


SHOE  AND  BOOT  5IANUFACTUBE. 

A.  Cushman. 

Members  of  the  firm,  Ara  Cushman,  Samuel  F.  Merrill,  General 
Partners;  and  Henry  L.  Daggett  of  Boston,  Special  Partner. 

Shoe  Factory,  Court  St.,  near  M.  C.  R.  R.  depot.  Two  brick 
factories  connected — each  four  stories  and  basement.  Size;  40x80;  and 
33x130.  Power ; 40  horses  power  engine,  two  tubular  boilers,  61 
horses  power.  Both  factories  heated  by  steam.  Also  box  factory, 
with  planer,  circular  saw  and  box  machinery.  Make  75  boxes  daily 
— all  used  on  the  premises.  The  shoe  factory  uses  5 McKay  Sewing 
Machines;  80  other  stitching  machines  of  different  kinds;  3 heeling 
machines  and  many  other  kinds  of  improved  shoe  machinery. 

No.  females  employed,  100. 

No.  males  employed,  350. 

About  150  females,  binding  shoes,  and  25  bottomers  are  employed 
outside  the  factory. 

Over  sixty  kinds  and  qualities  of  goods  are  manufactured,  the  lead- 
ing kinds  being,  for  spring  and  summer  goods,  men’s  serge  and  cloth 
opera  and  congress  boots,  ladies’  and  gents’  grain  and  cloth  slii)pers; 
for  fall  and  winter,  gents’  Alaska  boots,  ladies’  warm  lined  goods  and 
slippers  of  many  kinds.  Trade ; New  England,  West  and  South-west. 

The  past  year  the  firm  has  made  and  sold  $525,000  worth  of  goods; 
the  next  year  the  business  will  probably  be  increased  to  one  million 
dollars. 

Last  year’s  production  in  cases  was  13,500  or  about  810,000  prs. 

The  yearly  production, for  the  ensuing  year  will  be  about  25,000 
cases,  or  about  500  cases,  or  18,000  prs.  per  week,  which  is  3,000  prs. 
per  day;  300  per  hour,  or  5 prs.  per  minute.  It  takes  12  seconds  to 
make  a pair  of  shoes  here. 

The  payroll  for  last  year  was  $10,000  per  month,  or  $120,000  for 
1871.  The  next  year’s  payroll  will  probably  be  about  $18,000  per 
month. 

Annual  consumption  of  leather,  500  tons. 

Annual  consumption  of  cloths  (serges,  linings,  beavers,  &c.),  300,- 
000  yards. 

Annual  consumption  of  flour,  100  barrels. 

Annual  consumption  of  silk  and  thread,  3000  lbs. 

Annual  consumption  of  fuel,  200  cords  hard  wood,  beside  leather 
* waste  and  waste  from  box  factory. 

E.  F.  Packard  & Co. 

(E.  F.  Packard,  B.  F.  Briggs), 

Shoe  factory,  PlKBiiix  Block.  Factory  3 stories  38x^5.  Power, 
steam.  Bottoming  all  done  out  of  the  factory.  21  stitching  machines. 

No.  of  females  employed,  27. 

No.  of  males,  20. 

No.  of  hands  employed  outside  the  factory,  300. 

The  business  will  be  considerably  increased,  the  next  season. 

Monthly  Payroll,  $5,500. 


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Kinds  of  goods  manufactured,  women’s  and  misses’  kip,  split,  buff 
and  calf  pegged  shoes  for  the  Southern  and  Western  trade. 

Weekly  production,  100  cases,  or  6000  pairs;  or  $300,000  per 
annum. 

James  Monroe  & Co. 

(James  Monroe,  Noble  H.  Monroe  and  H.  M.  Packard.) 

Shoe  Factory  at  West  Auburn, — large  two  and  one-half  story 
building. 

Estimated  to  employ  about  300  hands. 

Monthly  pay-roll  (estimated)  about  $5000. 

Manufacture  women’s,  misses’  and  children’s  heavy  pegged  work  for 
Southern  and  Western  trade. 

Weekly  production  (estimated)  at  100  cases,  or  $300,000  per  annum. 
M.  Crafts  & Co. 

(Moses  Crafts,  A.  B.  Crafts,  D.  W.  Kinsley). 

Shoe  factory  on  Railroad  St.  Factory  84x35 — 3 stories  and  base- 
ment— French  roof.  Power;  15  horses  power  engine  and  25  horses 
power  boiler.  Heat  by  steam.  Two  pegging  machines;  15  stitching 
machines,  and  the  usual  variety  of  improved  machinery. 

No.  females  employed,  21. 

No.  males  employed,  80. 

Monthly  payroll,  $3000. 

Kinds  of  goods  manufactured,  women’s  and  misses’  and  children’s, 
kip,  split  and  buff  pegged  shoes,  for  the  Southern  and  Western  trade. 
Weekly  production,  60  cases,  or  3600  pairs;  or  $200,000  per  annum. 
The  business  will  probably  be  increased  33  per  cent,  in  1872. 

Little,  Smith  & Co. 

(E.  A.  Little,  T.  H.  Smith,  N.  I.  Jordan). 

Shoe  Factory,  Phoenix  Block,  Auburn  (to  be  removed  to  new  Roak 
Block).  Power:  steam.  Two  McKay  sewing  machines;  six  stitch- 
ing machines. 

No.  females  employed,  35. 

No.  males  employed,  43. 

Monthly  payroll,  $2200. 

Weekly  production  30  cases,  or  1800  pairs — valued  at  $3000. 
Annual  production  $150,000. 

Kind  goods  manufactured — ladies’  serge  boots. 

Market — New  England. 

The  production,  the  next  year,  will  probably  be  doubled. 

J.  H.  Roak  & Co. 

Shoe  factory  Phoenix  Block,  Main  St.  Size  of  factory  25x55,  three 
stories  and  basement.  Power : steam. 

No.  females  employed,  12. 

No.  males  employed,  12. 

No.  hands  employed  out  of  the  factory,  40. 

Monthly  payroll  about  $2,500. 

No.  cases  made  per  year,  1,200,  valued  at  $100,000. 

Trade  : Southern  and  Western. 

Annual  consumption  of  leather,  150,000  lbs. 

Anticipate  enlarging  business  next  year. 

J.  F.  Cobb  & Co. 

(John  F.  Cobb,  John  Pickard). 

Shoe  factory — Main  St.,  Auburn,  (Pickard  Block).  Size  of  factory 
42x70,  three  stories  and  basement.  Power : Steam. 


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Use  3 pegging  machines,  10  stitching  machines,  and  a variety  of 
improved  machinery. 

Number  of  females  employed,  12. 

Number  of  males  employed,  35. 

Number  hands  employed  outside  the  factories,  about  35. 

Monthly  pay-roll,  $2000. 

Kinds  of  goods  made — women’s,misses’  and  children’s  heavy  pegged 
work.  Trade : West  and  Southwest  and  South. 

Business  of  1871,  $100,000,  or  about  1400  cases,  or  84,000  pairs. 

Annual  consumption  of  leather,  150,000  lbs. 

This  firm  in  a new  factory  contemplate  a considerable  increase 
of  business. 


PULSIFER,  RoAK  & Co. 

(H.  B.  Pulsifer,  George  M.  Roak,  W.  M.  Dunn). 

Shoe  factory  in  Roak  Block — size  factory,  30x60,  four  stories  and 
basement — French  roof.  Power  and  heat — Steam.  Use  4 pegging 
and  12  stitching  machines,  and  a variety  of  other  improved  machinery. 

No.  females  employed,  17. 

No.  males  employed,  15. 

No.  hands  employed  outside  the  factory,  40. 

Monthly  pay-roll,  $2300. 

Kinds  of  goods  made — women’s  and  misses’  heavy  pegged  work. 
Trade  : Southern  and  Western. 

Business  of  1871,  30  cases  per  week,  or  $100,000  per  annum. 

Annual  consumption  of  leather,  160,000  lbs. 

Contemplate  an  increase  of  business  in  1872. 

Miller  & Randall. 

(S.  P.  Miller,  John  T.  Randall). 

Shoe  factory.  Main  St.,  2 1-2  stories,  40x55  feet.  Power:  steam. 
Use  1 pegging  machine,  9 stitching  machines  and  a variety  of  im- 
proved machinery. 

No.  of  females  employed,  10. 

No.  of  males  employed,  37. 

Monthly  Payroll,  $1750. 

No.  cases  shoes  shipped  in  1871,  1235  or  74,106  pairs — valued  at 

$100,000. 

Kinds  of  goods  made,  women’s  and  misses’  heavy  pegged  work  for 
Southern  and  western  trade. 

Miller  & Randall,  Tannery. 

(Seth  P.  Miller,  John  T.  Randall). 

Tanners:  Employ  20  hands.  Manufacture  15,000  to  20,000  sides 
per  annum  of  harness,  belt  and  upper  leather,  and  3000  to  5000  calf 
skins.  All  these  hides  and  skins  are  killed  and  purchased  within  a 
circuit  of  20  miles  of  the  tannery.  600  to  800  cords  of  bark — costing 
$8  per  cord — used  per  annum.  Garabier  and  oak  bark  are  used  to 
the  extent  of  $1800  per  annum.  Tannery  located  in  rear  of  shoe  fac- 
tory, which  it  supplies  with  steam  power. 

Monthly  Payroll  $850. 

About  $2000  worth  of  wood  is  used  per  annum,  for  steam  power. 

Annhal  value  of  production,  $150,000. 

I.  C.  Lombard  & Co. 

(I.  C.  Lombard,  A.  L.  Lombard). 

Boot  and  Shoe  Factory — Court  St. 


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No.  of  females  employed,  8. 

No.  of  males  employed,  18. 

No.  employed  out  of  the  factory,  20  males  and  55  females. 

Monthly  pay-roll,  $3500. 

Men’s  and  boys’  thick  boots;  kip  and  calf;  women’s,  misses’  and 
children’s  pegged  boots  and  shoes,  men’s  slippers  made.  Trade : 
Maine. 

No.  cases  boots  made  annually,  900,  or  10,800  pairs,  and  800  cases 
of  other  goods,  or  48,000  pairs. 

Annual  value  of  manufactures,  $100,000. 

This  firm  has  just  leased  store  No.  4 Koak  Block,  for  their  extensive 
jobbing  trade  in  their  line  of  goods,  in  serge  goods,  rubbers,  moccasins, 
and  all  varieties  of  shoes  and  boots.  The  sales  of  the  firm  amount  to 
300  cases  per  annum,  valued  at  $150,000. 

Pray,  Shaw  & Co. 

(A.  C.  Pray,  J.  C.  Shaw,  Howe  Weeks.) 

Boot  and  Shoe  factory,  Phoenix  Block.  Factory,  3 stories  and  base- 
ment, 26x43.  Power,  steam.  Bottoming  and  fitting  largely  done  out 
of  the  factory.  Eight  stitching  machines. 

No.  females  employed,  2. 

No.  males  employed,  41. 

Outside  of  the  factory  20  females  and  13  males  are  employed. 

Monthly  Payroll,  $2,500. 

Kinds  of  goods  made — men’s  calf  and  kip  boots  for  New  E«gland, 
Southern  and  Western  trade. 

Production  of  the  past  year  1468  cases  or  17,616  pairs  of  men’s  calf 
boots,  and  400  cases  or  4800  pairs  of  kip  boots — ^valued  at  $100,000. 

This  firm  has  just  added  $1,500  worth  of  shoe  machinery — 
increasing  the  capacity  one-half. 

L.  B.  Kinsley  & Co. 

(L.  B.  Kinsley,  M.  J.  Loring.) 

Shoe  Factory  on  Railroad  St.  Factory  2 1-2  stories,  36x40  feet. 
Power  : Steam-shaft  from  M.  Crafts  & Co.’s. 

Two  pegging  machines,  six  stitching  machines,  and  usual  variety  of 
improved  machinery. 

No.  females  employed,  6. 

No.  males  employed,  45. 

Monthly  payroll,  $1600. 

Kinds  goods  manufactured,  women’s,  misses’  and  childrens’  kip, 
split  and  buff,  pegged  shoes  for  Southern  and  Western  trade. 

Weekly  production,  30  cases,  or  1800  pairs — valued  at  $100,000 
per  annum. 

The  capacity  for  manufacture  is  about  36,  cases  per  week,  to  which 
the  business  will  probably  be  increased  in  1871. 

Keith  & Berry. 

Shoe  Manufactory  at  West  Auburn. 

No.  females  employed,  15. 

No.  males  employed,  35. 

Monthly  payroll,  $1500. 

No.  cases  goods  made  per  week,  25,  or  75,000  pairs  per  year. 

Annual  value  of  production,  about  $75,000. 

Kinds  of  goods  made,  women’s,  misses’  and  children’s  pegged  work 
for  New  England  and  Western  trade. 


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D.  IIakwood  & Co. 

Shoe  Factory  at  North  Auburn;  N.  H.  Aklen,  Superintendent. 

No.  females  employed,  10. 

No.  males  employed,  30. 

Monthly  payroll,  $1600. 

Kinds  of  goods  made — women’s,  misses’  and  children’s  kip  and 
split  shoes  for  Southern  and  Western  markets. 

Number  cases  made  per  week,  24,  or  72,000  pairs  per  year. 

Annual  value  of  production,  about  $70,000. 

H.  Gi.  Garcelon. 

Shoe  Manufactory,  Railroad  St.  Building  2 1-2  stories — 24x52,  1st 
story;  2d  and  3d  floors  24x32. 

Manufactures  women’s,  misses’  and  children’s  serge  boots  for  State 
of  Maine  trade. 

No.  women  employed,  12. 

No.  men  employed,  12. 

Monthly  payroll,  $700. 

No.  cases  of  goods  made  in  1871,  250  or  15,000  pairs. 

Annual  value  of  manufactures,  $30,000. 

George  Hill. 

Shoe  Factory,  School  Street. 

No.  females  employed,  4. 

No.  males  employed,  9. 

Monthly  Payroll,  $500. 

Kinds  goods  manufactured,  women’s  heavy  iiegged,  for  Southern 
and  Western  trade. 

No.  of  cases  made  per  week,  5 cases  or  300  pairs,  and  250  cases  per 
year.  Valued  at  $15,000  per  annum. 

G.  11.  Cook. 

Shoe  Factory,  Main  Street. 

Employs  18  hands;  manufactures  about  400  cases  per  year,  valued 
at  about  25,000. 

Goods  sold  in  Boston. 

Monthly  payroll,  $500. 

Mr.  Cook  now  receives  Mr.  B.  Libby  into  his  firm  and  the  new  firm 
of  Cook  & Libby  will  occupy  the  factory  in  Phoenix  Block,  formerly 
occupied  by  Pray,  Shaw  & Co.,  and  do  an  increased  business. 

G.  A.  Trcfant. 

Shoe  Factory  next  west  of  A.  Cushman’s.  • 

No.  females  employed,  7. 

No.  males  employed,  13. 

Monthly  Payroll,  $300. 

Kinds  goods  manufactured,  women’s  heavy  pegged  for  Southern 
and  Western  trade. 

No.  cases  made  per  week,  9 or  540  pairs,  and  450  cases  per  year. 

Annual  value  of  production,  $27,000. 

B.  B.  Fuller. 

Manufactures  Inner  Soles.  Sell  Splits  and  Welchville  Leather  board. 
Emidoy  21  females  and  9 males.  Power:  130  horses  power  boilers  and 
two  engines,  55  and  30  horses  power.  Furnish  steam  power  to  all  the 
shoe  factories  in  Roak  and  Phoenix  Blocks.  Use  600  cords  fuel  per 
annum. 


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Heels. 

Mr.  Edmunds,  North  Auburn,  heel  manufacturer.  Employs  several 
hands  and  sells  goods  largely  in  Auburn. 


MISCELLANEOUS  MANUFACTURES. 

Auburn  Iron  Foundry  and  Manufacturing  Co. 

Capital  Stock,  $50,000. 

John  T.  Randall,  Auburn,  President;  W.  H.  Wheeler,  Boston,  Treas- 
urer; W.  H.  Wheeler,  L.  A.  Finney  of  Haverhill,  John  T.  Randall,  J. 
A.  Whitman,  Chas.  S.  Emerson,  Directors.  N.  M.  Neal,  Secretary. 
J.  A.  Whitman,  Agent.  This  establishment  is  just  starting  up. 

Flour  and  Meal. 

Dingley,  Foss  & Co.  (Nelson  Dingley,  Jas.  0.  Foss,  Jas.  Dingley.) 

City  Mills  on  Royal’s  River,  Danville  Junction — Warehouse  Court 
St.,  Auburn. 

Employ  7 hands  and  3 horses. 

Mill,  3 runs  of  stones. 

Manufacture  250  car-loads  of  wheat  and  corn  into  flour  and  meal 
annually.  Sell  400  tons  of  feed  annually.  Make  80,000  bushels  of 
meal  and  4,000  barrels  of  flour  annually. 

Annual  freight  expenses,  300  car-loads,  $30,000.  The  last  half 
of  1872,  this  firm  has  received  162  cars  of  corn  and  wheat  and  30  cars 
of  mill  feed,  via  G.  T.  and  M.  C.  R.  R’s. — or  about  4,000,000  pounds 
of  freight  in  six  months. 

Willis,  Parsons  & Co.  Flour  and  Meal.  Mill  on  Taylor  Brook. 
Three  runs  of  Stones.  Manufacture  annually  3000  barrels  of  flour  and 

50,000  bushels  of  meal.  Warehouse,  Main  St.,  Auburn.  Wool  Card- 
ing machine — make  10,000  lbs.  rolls  annually.  Employ  five  hands 
and  four  horses.  Annual  freight  bills,  $12,000. 

J.  E.  Tibbets.  Meal  and  grain  mill.  Mill  is  just  east  of  Turner 
St.,  near  Maine  Central  Railroad  crossing. 

Two  runs  of  stone. 

Employ  2 men. 

Manufacture  annually  about  25,000  bushels  of  meal.  Sell  annu- 
ally 42,000  bushels  of  grain. 

Furniture  Factory. 

Bradford,  Conant  & Co.,  Furniture  Manufacturers  Factory  at 
East  Auburn;  Warehouse,  Main  St.,  Lewiston. 

Employ  25  men. 

Monthly  •pay-roll,  $1000. 

Kinds  of  goods  made, — pine  and  walnut  furniture. 

300  sets  of  chamber  fiirniture  made  annually. 

300.000  feet  of  lumber  manufactured  annually. 

Run  a saw  mill  leased  from  Franklin  Co.,  and  own  a factory  with 
10  circular  saw  benches  and  other  machinery. 

Annual  value  manufactured  goods,  $25,000. 

Box  Factory. 

Packard  & Conant.  Lease  privilege  and  own  the  mill  on  Little 
Androscoggin  river. 

Employ  10  men.  Monthly  pay-roll,  $500. 

Manufactm’e  shoe  and  other  boxes — from  40,000  to  50,000  annually. 

400.000  hemlock  lumber  made  annually. 

Annual  value  manufactures,  $25,000. 


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Cracker  Bakery. 

Huston  & Boynton,  Cracker  and  Bread  Bakers.  Employ  11  hands 
and  5 horses.  Power:  steam.  Consume  ISOO  barrels  of  flour  an- 
nually. 

Annual  production  of  crackers  6000  bbls.,  or  6,600,000  crackers; 
oyster  and  butter  crackers,  500  barrels;  of  bread,  90,000  leaves,  of 
brown  bread  35,000  loaves.  This  firm  also  deals  in  London  biscuit. 

Annual  payroll,  $5500. 

Annual  value  of  manufactures,  $40,000. 

Carriage  Manufacturers. 

Whitmore  & Bennett,  Carriage  manufacturers.  Employ  7 men. 

Annual  payroll,  $3,000 . 

No.  carriages  made  annually,  50. 

Annual  value  of  manufactures,  $7500. 

Stephens,  Kimball- & Son,  Carriage  manufacturers.  Employ  5 men. 

No.  carriages  made  annually,  30. 

Annual  value  of  manufactures,  $4500. 

Marble  Manufactory. 

H.  R.  Smith,  Employs  7 men. 

Annual  Payroll,  $2,500. 

Annual  value  of  manufactures,  $10,000. 

Pork  Packing,  Sausage  Making,  &c. 

E.  W.  Gross.  Packs  1000  hogs  per  year.  Makes  55,000  tbs.  of 
sausage  per  year.  Annual  value  of  sales,  $30,000  to  $90,000 — ac- 
cording to  price  of  pork.  Render  about  1500  lbs.  of  lard  per  week. 
Market,  largely  Lewiston  and  Auburn. 

Drain  Tile. 

G.  H.  Field.  Employs  3 hands. 

Mauufactur6s  10,009  feet  of  cement  drain  pipe'annually,  consuming 
200  barrels  of  cement. 


LITTLE  ANDROSCOGGIN  WATER  POWER  CO. 

Capital  Stock j $500,000. 

Clerk  and  Treasurer,  A.  M.  Pulsifer;  Directors — C.I.  Barker,  Jacob 
H.  Roak,  John  11.  Pulsifer,  J.  P.  Gill,  John  G.  Cook;  President,  C.  I. 
Barker. 

This  Company  has  just  begun  operations,  has  completed  a dam,  is 
building  a canal  and  bulkheads.  A 10,000  spindle  cotton  mill  is  to  be 
built,  this  year.  This  Company  owns  the  Water  Power  on  Little  Andros- 
coggin River  from  its  confluence  with  the  Androscoggin,  a mile  up  river, 
to  the  covered  R.  R.  bridge,  and  the  land  on  both  sides  of  the  river,  to 
the  amount  of  250  acres.  This  land  is  being  laid  out  into  streets.  A 
new  bridge  has  been  located,  to  be  built  within  two  years  from  Oct. 
1871,  across  the  Androscoggin  at  a point  near  Continental  Mills,  Lew- 
iston, touching  the  Auburn  shore  near  the  mouth  of  the  Little  Andros- 
coggin, and  a road  has  been  located  in  a right  line  from  that  point  to 
Danville  Junction,  passing  directly  through  the  Company’s  property. 
The  land  of  the  Company  has  been  surveyed  into  squares  of  twelve 
lots  each  (50x100  each)  and  spacious  streets.  The  Little  Androscoggin 
Water  Power  will  be  brought  by  the  new  bridge,  within  five  minutes’ 
walk  of  Lewiston  Post  Office,  and  the  proposed  new  mill  will  be  about 
half  a mile  from  the  Auburn  end  of  the  present  Androscoggin  bridge. 


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The  foot  of  the  Little  Androscoggin  Falls  is  about  one-fourth  of  a 
mile  from  the  mouth  of  the  river. 

The  number  of  horses  power  on  the  Little  Androscoggin  River  in 
Auburn  is  estimated  at  2870  horses,  or  114,800  spindles.  Total  height 
of  the  fall,  70  feet,  in  150  rods  distance.  The  bottom  of  the  stream  is 
a solid  ledge,  and  affords  unsurpassed  sites  for  dams.  There  are  three 
falls,  and  sites  for  three  dams.  The  low  run  of  water  is  22,000  cubic 
feet  per  minute.  This  power  holds  out  remarkably  in  drouth,  on  ac- 
count of  the  storage  of  water  in  its  numerous  reservoirs. 


WATER  POWER  IN  AUBURN. 

Little  Androscoggin,  2870  horses  power. 

Taylor  Brook  (outlet  Taylor  Pond),  3 water  powers,  one  used  by 
Willis,  Parsons  & Co.’s  Flour  Mill,  one  by  Auburn  Foundry  and  Iron 
Manufacturing  Co.,  and  one  unimproved,  owned  by  Little  Androscog- 
gin Water  Power  Co.,  in  all  400  horses  power. 

Royal’s  River  Power,  Danville  Junction,  City  Mills  Flour  and  Meal 
Mill,  200  horses  power. 

Ryerson’s  Privilege,  on  Little  Androscoggin,  3 miles  from  Lewiston, 
840  horses  power. 

Wilson  Pond  Outlet  (two  powers)  200  horses  power. 

Total  water  power  in  Auburn,  4,510  horses  power. 

Total  water  power  in  Auburn,  improved  (including  improvements 
now  in  progress  on  Little  Androscoggin)  2,000  horses  power. 

Of  the  improved  water  power  in  Auburn,  a small  proportion  is  at 
present  used,  but  several  hundred  h.  p.  will  be  used  by  the  new  Little 
Androscoggin  Cotton  Mill. 

BEGAFIT  ULA  TION. 


Total  manufacturing  capital $1,900,000 

Capital  employed  in  shoe  business $1,300,000 

Corporate  capital $550,000 

Private  capital $1,350,000 

No.  males  employed  in  manufacturing  of  all  kinds 1,500 

No.  females  employed  in  shoe  business 766 

No.  males  employed  in  shoe  business 1,371 

Total  hands  employed  in  same 2,137 

No.  hands  employed  in  manufacturing  of  all  kinds 2,266 

Annual  Shoe  Payroll $554,600 

Aggregate  payroll  of  manufacturing $621,600 

No.  shoes  made  in  1871 2,367,100 

No.  lbs.  leather  used  per  year 3,000,000 

Value  of  Shoe  Product,  1871 $2,377,000 

No.  shoe  factories 21 

Amount  of  other  manufactures $694,000 

Total  value  for  1871  of  manufactures  of  Auburn $3,071,000 

No.  water  horses  power  in  Auburn 4,510 

No.  improved  do .2,000 


The  shoe  business  of  Auburn  will  probably  be  increased  in  1872 
to  about  4 millions  of  dollars. 

It  takes  4 1-4  lbs  of  leather  (upper  and  sole  including  waste)  to  make 
a pair  of  boots;  for  women’s  shoes,  it  takes  1 1-2  Ifes. 


LEWISTON  AND  AUBURN. 


BUSINESS  WITH  RAILWAYS. 

The  receipts  of  the  Lewiston  and  Auburn  Stations  and  of  the  Maine 
Central  Railroad  from  shipments  of  freight  from  these  stations  to  other 
points,  have  been  as  follows,  from  the  first  day  of  July,  when  the  An- 
droscoggin became  a part  of  the  M.  C.  R.  R , to  the  first  of  Dec.,  1871. 

UPPER  DEPOT— LEWISTON  DIVISION. 


1871.  Tickets.  Freight  rec’d.  Sent.  Total. 

July $3,751  75  $2,693  68  $540  84  $6,985  00 

August 3,930  90  3,969  58  460  97  8,401  00 

September 3,823  75  4,854  54  444  47  9,122  00 

October 3,385  75  2,997  45  414  90  6,801  00 

November 2,839  85  3,835  61  500  00  7,175  00 


$17,732  00  $18,350  86  $2,3611-8  $38,486  00 
Average  monthly  income  to  the  Maine  Central  Railroad  from  the 
Station,  Lewiston  Division,  $7,697,  or  at  the  rate  of  $92,364  per 
annum. 

ANDROSCOGGIN  DEPOT. 


1871. 

Passengers. 

Freight 

Inbound. 

Freight. 

Outbound. 

Total. 

July 

$3,140 

$8,293 

$7,850 

$19,283 

August 

7,038 

8,200 

18,619 

September 

2,719 

5,698 

7,000 

15,417 

October 

2,210 

9,242 

9,600 

21,052 

November 

1,965 

4,925 

7,000 

13,890 

$13,415 

$35,196 

$39,650 

$88,253 

Average  monthly  income  to  the  Maine  Central  Railroad  from  the 
Androscoggin  Station  passenger  tariffs,  and  for  freights,  $17,650,  or  at 
the  rate  of  $211,800  jjer  annum.  The  annual  receipts  of  coal  at  the 
Androscoggin  Station,  Lewiston,  are  12,720,000  lbs.  The  annual  receipts 
of  cotton  at  the  same  station  are  16,000,000  pounds.  Substantially^, 
all  this  cotton  is  shipped  hence  from  the  same  station,  as  manufactured 
goods,  for  the  markets.  It  will  be  noticed  that  notwithstanding  the 
enormous  consumption  of  coal  by  the  corporations,  they  use  twenty- 
five  per  cent,  more  pounds  of  cotton  than  of  coal. 

AUBURN  STATION. 

Tickets.  Freight  in.  Freight  out.  Total. 


July $1,753  $1,162  $385  $3,300 

August -. 2,308  1,409  671  4,388 

September 2,052  2,149  710  4,911 

October 1,516  1,161  530  3,207 

November 1,462  1,208  484  3,154 


$9,091  $7,089  $2,780  $18,960 

Average  Auburn  freight  receipts  and  bills  sent  per  month,  $3,792; 
average  yearly  freight,  passenger  receipts  and  bills.  Auburn  Station, 
$45,504. 


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In  addition  to  the  above  income  to  the  Maine  Central  Railroad  from 
Auburn  Station,  about  $50,000  per  annum  is  paid  for  expense  bills  to 
connecting  roads — chiefly  to  the  Grand  Trunk  Railroad. 

The  freight  bills  of  this  city  and  Auburn  by  express  amount  to 
about  $50,000  (one  way)  annually. 

FREIGHTS  VIA  G.  T.  R.  R. 

The  annual  receipts  of  corn  at  Auburn  and  Lewiston  Stations  via 
Grand  Trunk  Railway  from  the  West  (via  Danville  Junction  and 
Maine  Central  Railroad)  are  estimated  by  those  conversant  with  the 
subject,  at  23,000,000  pounds,  or  410,000  bushels*,  and  of  wheat  and 
flour  from  the  West,  direct,  by  the  same  route,  at  24,000,000  pounds 
— in  all  about  24,000  tons  of  freight.  The  freight  cost  of  this  tonnage 
from  the  West  is  about  $240,000,  of  which  about  $20,000  is  the  tariff 
from  Danville  Junction  to  this  city  and  Auburn — the  remainder  going 
to  the  Grand  Trunk  Railroad.  From  $2  to  $1.50  for  corn  has  been 
ordinarily  charged  for  changing  freight  from  G.  T.  cars  to  M.  C.  cars 
at  Danville  Junction — practically  making  the  freight  on  a car  of  corn 
from  Danville  Junction  to  Lewiston,  $9.50  to  $10,  and  on  a car  of 
bran,  $10  to  $11.  Freight  tariff  from  the  West  to  Portland  is  the 
same  as  to  Danville  Junction. 

SUMS  TOTAL. 

The  tonnage  of  our  three  railroad  stations  in  Lewiston  and  Au- 
burn, is,  of  course,  enormous,  as  the  figures  of  receipts  from  freights 
show,  since  most  of  the  freight  is  hauled  only  from  30  to  40  miles  of 
the  Maine  Central  Railroad,  and  much  of  it  only  6 miles  of  that  road. 
Hence  the  ratio  of  the  tonnage  to  the  receipts  (so  far  as  the  Maine 
Central  Railroad  is  concerned)  is  very  much  larger  than  at  points  fur- 
ther East. 

Lewiston  and  Auburn  pay  annually  for  freight  transportation  over 
the  M.  C.  R.  R.  alone  about  $126,0005  add  to  this  the  cost  of  freight 
shipped  hence  and  the  yearly  freight  income  to  the  M.  C.  R.  R.  from 
Auburn  shipments  and  receipts  is  $257,832.  The  gross  yearly  income 
to  the  Maine  Central  Railroad  from  Lewiston  and  Auburn  stations  is 
about  $350,000  (exact  amount  being  $349,668).  The  aggregate  re- 
ceipts of  the  M.  C.  Railroad  from  all  stations  (including  the  Andros- 
coggin Division)  last  year,  were  $822,959.  The  amount  contributed, 
from  tonnage  received  and  sent  and  passenger  travel,  by  our  two 
cities,  to  the  Maine  Central  Railroad  and  other  connecting  roads,  is 
$650,000,  to  which  add  annual  cost  of  expressing  goods,  and  we  have 
the  total  contributions  of  Lewiston  and  Auburn  to  Railroads — not  in- 
cluding passenger  travel  on  any  but  Maine  Central  Railroad — at 
$700,000.  All  the  above  estimates,  it  will  be  noted,  are  made  on  the 
basis  of  receipts  for  the  five  months  ending  Nov.  30,  1871 — which,  for 
general  purposes,  is,  doubtless,  sufficiently  accurate.  Certainly  it 
might  be  expected  that  the  receipts  would  be  as  large,  if  not  larger, 
between  January  and  July  of  each  year,  as  most  of  the  35,000  bales 
of  cotton  consumed  in  Lewiston  annually,  is  received  during  the  first 
five  months  of  the  year. 

It  will  be  seen  that  we  add  to  the  amount  of  money  actually  paid  at 
these  stations,  the  receipts  from  freight  shipped  from  our  stations 
— which  should  not  be  overlooked,  as  we  ship,  not  as  mere  forwarders 
of  Western  produce,  but  in  the  main  our  shipments  are  the  goods  our 
industries  manufacture — cottons,  woolens,  shoes,  &c. — goods  which, 
but  for  Lewiston  and  Auburn,  would  probably  be  made  in  Massachu 
setts. 


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COMBINED  STATISTICS. 


Lewiston  and  Auburn  are  practically  one  city,  separated  only  by 
the  Androscoggin  River,  which  is  the  source  of  their  combined  pros- 
perity . The  two  cities  are  now  more  than  ever  intimately  connected 
by  a fine  and  permanent  bridge,  600  feet  in  length,  completed  Dec. 
1^71,  at  a cost  of  about  $50,000,  with  two  spacious  sidewalks  and  a 
broad  driveway  paved  with  the  Nicolson  pavement.  The  common 
interests  and  essential  unity  of  the  two  cities,  render  of  import  the  fol- 
lowing combined  statistics,  which  apply  to  Jan.  1872 : — 

Combined  population,  Lewiston  and  Auburn,  twenty-two  years 

ago,  date  of  improvement  of  water  power 8,060 

Do.  Jan.  1872 23,000 

Increase  of  population  in  twenty-two  years 14,940 

Combined  manufacturing  capital,  Lewiston  and  Aubrnm. . .$9,000,000 

Corporate  capital  employed  in  manufacturing $6,050,000 

Private  capital  employed  in  manufacturing $2,950,000 

Number  of  manufacturing  corporations 19 

« tt  private  manufacturing  enterprises 68 

“ “ manufacturing  enterprises  of  all  kinds 87 

“ “ females  employed  in  manufacturing  in  both  cities 4,394 

“ “ males  do 4,081 

Combined  annual  labor  payroll,  both  cities $3,000,000 

Annual  manufacturing  disbursements  of  all  kinds,  Lewis- 
ton and  Auburn $3,624,000 

Annual  value  of  manufactures  of  both  cities $14,071,000 

Total  improved  water  power,  both  cities 8,666  h.  p. 

Water  power  in  two  cities  now  used 4,866  “ 

Improved  water  power  in  two  cities,  not  employed 3,800  “ 

Total  improved  and  unimproved  water  power  in  two  cities . . 15,176  “ 

AVater  power  still  unused 10,310  “ 

By  storing  water  in  lakes,  water  power  of  two  cities  can 

be  carried  to 18,000  h.  p. 

No.  steam  horses  power  used  in  L.  and  A.  (not  including  heating). . 526 

Cost  per  day  of  526  steam  h.  p $119 

Cost  per  day  of  526  water  horses  power  (according  to  cost  in  L. 

and  A.)  about $7 

Annual  difference  on  526  h.  p.  in  favor  of  water  power $34,944 

Rental  per  day  of  the  8,666  improved  water  powers  of  L.  and  A. 

if  all  were  used,  about $125 

Cost  of  same  number  steam  powers  (Corliss’s  estimate)  per  day, 

about $2,000 

Annual  difference  in  favor  of  water  power  on  number  improved 

horse  powers  in  L.  and  A.,  about $600,000 

Actual  yearly  , rental  and  cost  of  4866  water  h.  p.  now  used 'in 

L.  and  A.,  about $22,626 

Actual  yearly  cost  of  the  same  number  steam  power $341,000 

Actual  annual  saving  in  the  manufactures  of  L.  and  A.  by 

use  of  water  instead  of  steam  power $318,374 

The  combined  freight  statistics  of  the  two  cities — two  stations  in 
Lewiston  and  one  in  Auburn — are  : — 

No.  lbs.  leather  received  at  Auburn  annually  3,000,000 

“ “ cotton  received  at  Lewiston  annually 16,000,000 

“ “ coal  “ “ “ 15,000,000 

Cost  of  freight  shipped  and  received,  and  of  passenger  travel 

over  M.  C.  R.  R.,  about $350,000 

Estimated  i)ayment8  of  Lewiston  and  Auburn  to  Railroiuls.  .$800,000 


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Annual  passenger  travel  of  Lewiston  and  Auburn  over  M.  C. 


R-  R $100,000 

Annual  cost  of  expressage |50  OOO 

Annual  cost  of  corn,  flour  and  feed  (Western  freights),  over  ’ 

Cl-  T.  R.  R $220,000 

Annual  shipments  of  corn  over  G.  T.  R.  R.  from  west. . .410,000  bush. 

“ “ wheat  and  flour 120,000  bbls. 

Miscellaneous  statistics  of  the  two  cities  are  : — 

Total  number  schools 68 

“ - “ scholars 6316 

“ value  school  houses $255,000 

Aggregate  annual  school  appropriations $38,000 

No.  churches 23 

Seating  capacity  of  churches 12,000 

Do.  of  halls 6,000 

No.  National  Banks 2 

No.  Savings  Banks 3 

Aggregate  banking  capital  $530,000 

“ savings  deposits $2,197,272 

No.  Hotels 7 

No.  railroad  stations,  including  Danville  June,  and  Hotel  Road 5 

No.  polls  in  both  cities  (2,258  in  L.  and  1591  in  A.) 3,849 

No.  Representatives  to  the  Legislature  to  which  both  cities  are  en- 
titled  5 

Votes  of  cities,  Gubernatorial  election,  1871 : 

Auburn 806  Rep.;  501  Dem. 


Lewiston 1,296  Rep.*,  858  Dem. 


ANDROSCOGGIN  RIVER. 

The  Androscoggin  River  occupies  the  country  between  the  sea  on  the 
southeast  and  the  northerly  outposts  of  the  White  Mountains  on  the 
northwest.  Greatest  length  from  the  ocean  to  the  remotest  sources  of 
the  river,  157  miles;  greatest  breadth  of  land  drained  by  it,  70  miles, 
from  Randolph,  N.  H.,  to  Fayette,  Maine.  Sixty-six  miles  of  the 
length  of  the  Androscoggin  are  in  New  Hampshire.  Total  amount  of 
surface  drained  by  it,  3,600  square  miles,  2,750  in  Maine  and  850  in 
New  Hampshire.  Auburn  is  210  feet  above  the  sea;  Lewis- 
ton 212  feet  above  tide  water;  the  head  of  the  river  is  3,000  feet  above 
tide  water.  Rumford  Falls  are  690  feet  above  tide  water. 
The  range  from  low  to  high  water,  at  Lewiston,  on  the 
dams,  is  8 ' feet.  From  the  point  where  the  waters  of  the  Megallo- 
way  and  Umbagog  Lakes  unite  to  form  the  Androscoggin,  to  tide 
waters  at  Brunswick,  is  a distance  of  150  miles,  with  a fall  of  1,256 
feet.  The  mean  fall  is  8.33  feet  per  mile.  The  main  water-power  sec- 
tion from  Rumford  Falls  to  Brunswick,  a distance  of  75  miles,  falls  8 
feet  to  the  mile,  or  600  feet  altogether.  There  are  148  lakes,  with  213 
square  miles  of  water  surface,  feeding  Androscoggin  River  and  669 
streams,  giving  uniformity  to  the  water  supply.  135,000,000,000 
cubic  feet- of  water  are  discharged  through  the  river  annually.  The 
drainage  of  the  headwaters  is  great — the  surrounding  country  being 
a very  rough  and  mountainous  (listrlct.  Of  900  square  miles  of  such 
country  the  Androscoggin  headwaters  receive  the  drainage.  The  dams 
at  present  held  by  the  lumbering  interest  on  the  lakes  involve  the 


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storapje  of  24,000,000,000  feet  of  water.  Tliis  power,  economiziecl  for 
the  benefit  of  the  Lewiston  power,  would  increase  this  power  to  10,000 
horses  power.  At  a low  stage  of  the  river,  water  from  Umbagog  L ike 
reaches  Lewiston  in  from  36  to  48  hours.  There  are  85,200  horses 
power  on  the  Androscoggin  from  llumford  Falls  to  Brunswick  inclus- 
ive, or  enough  power  to  run  3,747,600  spindles. 

LEWISTON  FALLS. 

Lewiston  is  located  on  Androscoggin  River,  20  miles  above  its 
confluence  with  the  Kennebec,  and  30  miles  from  the  ocean.  The  falls 
are  formed  by  a ledge  of  gneiss  and  mica  schist,  crossing  the  river 
diagonally.  This  same  rock  forms  the  bottom  and  sides  of  the  stream 
both  above  and  below  the  falls,  and  projects  so  as  to  form  abutments 
-r  to  the  dams.  The  height  of  the  natural  fall  is  38  feet,  and  with  the 
dams,  50  feet,  in  a horizontal  distance  of  600  feet.  The  lowest  volume 
of  water  is  94,000  cubic  feet  per  minute,  of  which  only  58,000  cubic 
feet  are  now  used.  The  lowest  summer  run  of  water  can  be  raised  to 
150,000  cubic  feet  per  minute,  if  desired,  by  storing  the  vast  reservoirs 
of  water  in  the  great  series  of  lakes  of  which  the  Androscoggin  River 
is  the  outlet.  There  is  power  now  at  this  point  for  400,000  spindles, 
and  by  storing  the  water  in  the  lakes,  the  number  could  be  carried  up 
readily  to  600,000  spindles,  or  more  than  the  largest  cotton  manufac- 
turing city  in  the  United  States. 

The  great  fall  and  favorable  lay  of  the  land  allows  of  using  the 
same  water  twice,  there  being  two  natural  levels,  one  of  22  feet,  and 
another  of  28  feet  fall.  The  convenient  abundance  of  stone  for  foun- 
dations and  of  clay  for  bricks  is  a very  important  consideration  in  the 
economical  erection  of  permanent  mills.  All  the  cotton  and  woolen 
mills  of  the  city  are  of  brick.  Bricks  are  from  33  to  50  per  cent, 
cheaper  in  Lewiston  than  in  most  great  manufacturing  centres.  The 
river  itself  floats  to  the  Lewiston  market  annually  30  millions  of  logs, 
chiefly  spruce,  of  which  there  are  inexhaustible  forests  at  its  head- 
waters. 

Lewiston  is  connected  with  the  sea  by  two  lines  of  railroad,  and  is 
six  hours  from  Boston,  one  and  a-half  hours  from  Portland,  and  one 
and  a-quarter  hours  from  Bath.  Cotton  can  be  brought  to  its  ware- 
houses from  Mobile  or  New  Orleans  more  cheaply  than  to  Lowell  or 
Lawrence,  while  it  can  be  forwarded,  without  change  of  cars,  from 
Memphis,  Tenn.,  to  Lewiston  (via  O.  T.  R.  R.)  at  less  cost  than  to 
Boston. 

The  dams  at  Lewiston  are  four  in  number,  850  feet  in  aggregate 
length.  Guard  locks  with  seven  sluiceways,  9 by  12  feet;  main  canal 
64  feet  wide,  with  12  feet  depth  of  water.  Cross  canals  40  feet  broad 
with  10  feet  of  water. 

The  full  development  of  this  water  power  and  of  that  on  the  Little 
Androscoggin,  but  half  a mile  from  it,  would  carry  up  the  combined 
^ population  of  Lewiston  and  Auburn  to  from  60,000  to  70,000  souls. 

Two  miles  up  river  are  “ Deer  Rips,”  having  an  unimproved 
power  of  at  least  2500  horses,  and  two  miles  below  the  city  is  Lewis- 
ton Lower  Power,  of  1500  h.  p.  capacity.  These  two  powers  would 
drive  250,000  spindles.  The  number  of  water  powers  in  Lewiston 
(developed  and  undeveloped)  is  10,666,  which  by  storage  in  the  lakes 
can  be  carried  up  to  over  14,000  h.  p. 


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MISCELLANEOUS  INFORMATION. 

Churches. — No.  churches  in  Lewiston,  12,  3 Free  Baptist,  1 Baptist, 
2 Methodist,  1 Congregational,  Episcopal,  Universalist,  2 Catholic,  and 
1 Second  Advent.  In  Auburn,  11  churches;  two  each  Universalist, 
Baptist,  and  Methodist,  three  Free  Baptist,  and  two  Congregational. 

Organizations. — Five  Masonic  Lodges  meet  at  Masonic  Hall,  Sav- 
ings Bank  Block;  Tranquil  Lodge,  Auburn,  in  Phoenix  Block. 

Three  Lodges  of  Odd  Fellows  meet  in  Union  Block,  Lisbon  street. 

Young  Men’s  Christian  Association  of  Lewiston.  Rooms,  Journal 
Block. 

Young  Men’s  Christian  Association  of  Auburn.  Rooms  Phoenix 
Block.  Library  of  2000  volumes. 

Young  Men’s  Progressive  Union.  Flint  & Tracy’s  Block. 

Manufacturers  and  Mechanics’  Library.  Rooms,  Lisbon  Block. 
4,500  volumes. 

Ladies’  Relief  Society  meets  at  Lewiston  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Rooms. 

Movements  of  Trains. — From  Lewiston,  west,  Lewiston  Bivision 
M.  C.  R.  R.,  6.45  A.  M.,  12.50  and  5 p.  m.;  East  bound,  2.52  p.  m.; 
freight  trains  for  west  leave  at  9.10  a.  m.,  1.50  p.  m.;  for  east,  6.20 
and  8.30  a.  m.  Androscoggin  Division,  trains  leave  for  Augusta, 
Bath  and  Portland,  6 a m.,  12.10  p.  m.;  and  for  Bath  and  Augusta  at 
5.30  p.  M.  Stages  for  country  points,  Turner,  Livermore,  Buckfield, 

^/C. 

Railroad  Conductors. — Lewiston  Division,  through  passenger: 
E.  M.  Barrel!,  W.  Bodge;  Luther  Jones,  mixed  train;  Philbrick,  Cobb, 
and  Charles  French,  freight  trains.  Androscoggin  Division,  J.  An- 
derson, Oscar  Williams  (Lewiston  and  Bath),  Dana  Goff  (Lewiston 
and  Farmington),  passenger;  Messrs.  Knapp  and  Geo.  Smith,  freight. 

Pay  Days  of  Corporations. — Bates,  the  15Lh  of  each  month;  Hill, 
first  Tuesday  after  third  Saturday  of  each  month;  Androscoggin,  sec- 
ond Thursday  after  the  last  Saturday  of  each  month;  Franklin,  the 
10th  of  each  month;  Continental,  the  15th  of  each  month;  Lewiston 
Mills,  the  third  Thursday  of  each  month;  Lincoln  Mill,  the  15th  of 
each  month;  Lewiston  Machine  Company,  the  18th  of  each  month; 
Lewiston  Bleachery,  the  10th  of  each  month. 

Halls. — New  City  Hall,  in  process  of  erection,  at  a cost  of  about 
$200,000 — will  seat  2500;  new  Lyceum  Hall  will  seat  1000;  Lisbon 
Hall,  seat  800;  Auburn  Hall,  Auburn,  seat  900;  Small  City  Hall, 
seat  800. 

Newspapers. — AYeekly  Journal,  established  1847;  Evening  Jour- 
nal (Daily),  established  1861.  Circulation  larger  than  that  of  any 
political  paper  in  Maine.  Lewiston  Advertiser,  Geo.  A.  Callahan, 
Publisher. 

Hotels. — ^DeWitt  House,  American  House,  Tremont  House;  Au- 
burn, Elm  House,  Maine  Hotel,  Auburn  House. 

Roak  Block. — This  block,  of  brick,  consisting  of  nine  stores, 
each  30.  feet  wide  and  85  feet  deep,  has  just  been  completed  (Jan.  1872) 
on  Main  street.  Auburn,  at  a cost  of  $90,000,  and  is  to  be  devoted 
exclusively  to  Shoe  Manubicture.  This  Block  is  three  stories  high, 
with  a French  roof,  and  four  stories  and  French  roof  in  the  rear,  and 
when  fully  occupied  a million  dollars  of  shoe  manufacture  will  be  done 
annually  within  its  walls.  Steam  power  will  be  supplied  from  the 
brick  engine  house  connected  with  the  Block.  Messrs.  J.  H.  Roak, 
I.  C.  Lombard  & Co.,  Pulsifer,  Roak  & Co.,  White,  Jones  & Co.,  Lit- 


tie,  Smith  & Co.,  will  occupy  sections  of  the  new  block,  and  the 
remainder  of  the  block  will  doubtless  be  speedily  taken  by  old  or  new 
shoe  firms,  who  wish  for  power  and  needed  conveniences.  The  street 
hi  the  rear  of  the  block  greatly  facilitates  delivery  of  freights. 

Note. — The  Lewiston  Bleachery  is  at  once  to  be  organized  as  a sep- 
arate corporation,  with  a capital  stock  of  one  million  dollars,  under 
the  corporate  name,  “Lewiston  Bleachery  and  Dye  Works” — an  act  of 
incorporation  to  this  effect  having  just  been  passed  to  be  enacted  in 
the  Maine  Legislature.  The  Legislature  has  also  passed  a bill,  an  act 
incorporating  the  “Nichols  Mills”  of  Lewiston,  with  a capital  stock  of 
$2,500,000.  The  Continental  Mills  capital  stock  has  also  just  been 
increased  (Jan.  11)  to  one  million  dollars.  The  above  increase  and 
new  corporate  capital  will  enlarge  the  corporate  and  private  manu- 
facturing capital  of  Lewiston  to  $10,600,000.  The  contemplated 
“ Nichols  Mills,”  which,  however,  will  not  probably  be  built  the  pres- 
ent year,  will  be  of  100,000  spindles  capacity. 

In  Lawrence  the  rental  price  of  water  power  is  $1200  per  year,  for 
what  is  termed  a “Mill  Power”  of  60  horses — that  is  $20  per  horse 
power  per  annum, — which  is  about  the  average  price  of  water  power 
in  Massachusetts.  The  cost  of  water  power  to  Lewiston  Cotton  and 
Woolen  MUls  is  from  $2.55  to  $4.42  per  horse  power  per  annum^  or 
from  one-eighth  to  one-fifth  of  the  cost  in  Lawrence. 

BANKING  INSTITUTIONS. 

First  National  Bank  of  Lewiston,  Maine.  Capital,  $400,000 
Surplus,  $100,000. 

Directors — B.  F.  Packard,  Samuel  R.  Bearce,  J.  G.  Coburn,  N.  W. 
Farwell,  Timothy  Walker,  Archibald  Wakefield,  Nelson  Dingley  jr. 
Wm.  P.  Frye,  John  Y.  Scruton.  ’ ’ 

E.  F.  Packard,  President.  Samuel  R.  Bearce,  Vice  President.  Ai 
Brooks,  Cashier. 

First  National  Bank  of  Auburn.  Capital,  $130,000.  Surplus 
fund,  $30,000. 

Directors — J.  H.  Roak,  Nelson  Dingley,  11.  C.  Briggs,  James  Ding- 
ley,  Jere.  Dingley,  jr.,  Horace  C.  Little,  Edward  A.  Little. 

Jacob  H.  Roak,  President.  William  Libby,  Cashier. 

Lewiston  Institution  for  Savings.  Chartered  1856.  Organized 
1860. 

President,  J.  G.  Coburn.  Treasurer,  J.  S.  Adams.  Trustees — J.  G. 
Coburn,  H.  H.  Dickey,  J.  W.  Danielson,  Wm.  P.  Frye,  E.  S.  Davis. 

Deposit  accounts  now  open  (say)  3600.  Amount  of  deposits 

$1,000,000. 

Savings  Bank  at  Savings  Bank  Block,  corner  Pine  and  Lisbon  Sts. 

Auburn  Savings  Bank.  Present  number  of  depositors,  2110. 
Amount  of  deposits,  $770,000. 

President,  Jacob  11.  R )ak.  Vice  Presnient,  James  Goff.  Treas- 
urer and  Secretary,  William  Libby. 

Trustees— Seth  May,  S imud  Pickard,  Nelson  Dingley,  James  Ding- 
ley,  C.  W.  Walton,  II.  C.  Briggs,  William  S.  Young,  Augustus  M. 
Fulsifer,  Horace  C.  Little,  E.  A.  Little,  James  II.  Eveleth,  James 
M unroe. 

Androscoggin  County  Savings  Bank.  Incorporated  Mar.  5,  1870. 

Total  amount  deposited,  $566,792.69.  Amount  on  deposit,  Dec.  23 
$427,272.02.  ’ 

Whole  No.  of  depositors,  1611.  Present  No.,  1275. 

President,  E.  F.  Packard.  Treasurer,  A.  L.  Templeton. 

Trustees— Samuel  R.  Bearce,  E.  F.  Packard,  Geo.  H.  Pilsbury,  C.  1. 
Barker,  Ai  Brooks. 


INDEX. 


PAGE 


Historical  Sketch  of  Lewiston 

Lewiston  City  Statistics 

Lewiston  Manufactures 

General  Manufacturing  Statistics 

Historical  Sketch  of  Auburn 

Auburn  City  Statistics 

Auburn  Manufactures 

Water  Power  in  Auburn 

Lewiston  and  Auburn 

Business  with  Railways 

Combined  Statistics 

Androscoggin  River 

Lewiston  Falls ' 

Miscellaneous  Information 

Churches — Organizations — Movements  of  Trains — Railroad  Con- 
ductors — Pay-Days  of  Corporations  — Halls  — Newspapers  — 

Hotels — Roak  Block 

Banking  Institutions 


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